Download or read book Psychomotor Functioning in Anorexia Nervosa written by Guido Pieters and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Functional Anatomy of Visual Processing in the Cerebral Cortex of the Macaque written by Koen Nelissen and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thesis, we examined the monkey cortical regions involved in processing of color, visual motion information, and the recognition of actions done by others. The aim was to gain better insight in the functional organization of the monkey visual cortex using in-house developed functional imaging techniques. Two different functional imaging techniques were used in these studies, the double-label deoxyglucose technique (DG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in the awake monkey (Chapter 2). Both techniques allow to obtain an overview of stimulus-related neural activity throughout the whole brain, integrated over a limited amount of time. The results of the color experiments (Chapter 3) clearly showed that color related information is processed within a group of areas belonging to the ventral stream, which is involved in the perception of objects. Color-related metabolic activity was observed in visual areas V1, V2, V3, V4 and inferotemporal cortex (area TEO and TE). These findings set to rest the longstanding controversial claims that color would be processed almost selectively in one extrastriate visual area (V4) (Zeki SM, Brain Res 1973 53: 422-427). These results also show the usefulness of whole brain functional mapping techniques, as a complimentary approach to single cell measurements. In Chapter 4, we investigated which regions in the superior temporal sulcus (STS) of the monkey are involved in the analysis of motion. While the caudal part of the STS has been studied extensively, including area MT/V5 and MST, little is known about motion sensitivity in more anterior-ventral STS regions. Using fMRI, we were able to localize and delineate six different motion sensitive regions in the STS. One of these regions, that we termed 1st (lower superior temporal), had not been described so far. We were able to further characterize the six motion sensitive regions, using a wide variety of motion-sensitivity tests. The results of the latter tests suggested that motion related information might be processed along a second pathway within the STS, in addition to the MT-MST path (which is involved in the perception of heading). This second pathway, which includes the more rostral motion sensitive STS regions (FST, 1st and STPm) is possibly involved in the visual processing of biological movements (movements of animate objects) and actions. Finally, we investigated how and where in the monkey brain visual information about actions done is processed (Chapter 5 and 6). We found (Chapter 5) that, in agreement with earlier single unit results, the observation of grasping movements activates several regions in the premotor cortex of the monkey. Remarkable is that these premotor regions predominantly have a motor function, coding different types of higher order motor acts (for instance grasping of an object). These results are in agreement with earlier suggestions that we are able to understand actions done by others, because observation of a particular motor act activates our own motor representation of the same act. Furthermore, these studies suggested that within the frontal cortex of the monkey, there is a distinction between context-dependent (a person grasping) and more abstract (a hand grasping) action representations. In Chapter 6 we studied two other regions which are involved in the processing of visual information of actions done by others, the superior temporal sulcus (STS) and the parietal cortex. In the parietal cortex, we found a similar distinction between context-dependent and more abstract action representations as observed in prefrontal cortex. These results suggest that the parietal cortex is not only involved in the visual control of action planning, but also in the visual processing of actions performed by others. Based upon anatomical connections between the STS, parietal and frontal regions and motion-, form- and action-related functional properties of the former regions, we tentatively suggest how information about actions done by others might be sent from the STS to the frontal cortex along three different pathways. The latter working hypothesis will be tested in the future by additional fMRI control experiments and by combining fMRI, inactivation and microstimulation experiments while monkeys perform grasping tasks and/or view actions performed by others.
Download or read book Expression and Function of a Serotoninergic System in the Rat Anterior Pituitary written by Anna-Pia Papageorgiou and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Electrical Brain Stimulation in Psychiatric Disorders Contributions from Research in Animal Models written by Kris Van Kuyck and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Review of Eating Disorders written by Stephen A. Wonderlich and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide draws together the latest developments in eating disorders. Together with its companion volume "Annual Review of Eating Disorders Part 1-2007", this resource covers the twenty key topics.It is a compilation of reviews from leading scientists and clinicians, and is the essential update for busy professionals and health researchers, with a clear emphasis on clinical implications. It also provides invaluable information for psychologists, psychiatrists, dieticians, family doctors, pediatricians, counsellors and educators.'An impressive collection of comprehensive reviews covering the state-of-the-science in the eating disorders field. These reviews evaluate clinical and empirical data published in 2004-2006 examining issues as diverse as neurobiological influences, body image, and treatment of eating disorders. The depth and scope of the reviews are a testament to the hard work of the editors and the authors who volunteered their time for this important project.' - Kelly L Klump, in the Foreword.
Download or read book Effects of Il 6 Il 8 on Respiratory Peripheral Skeletal Muscle Function written by Sofie Janssen and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-12-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biochemical Characterization and Validation of the Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae as Model System for the Function of Human Protein Tau written by Tom Vandebroek and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biochemical and Immuno Histochemical Analysis of APP Processing and Amyloid Pathology in Single and Multiple Transgenic Mice as Models for Alzheimer s Disease written by Tom V. Dooren and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Photoproduction of Vitamin D3 and Activation into 1a 25 Dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Human Epiderman Keratinocytes Dermal Fibroblasts and Other Cells written by Katleen Vantieghem and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quantification of Regional Myocardial Deformation Normal Characteristics and Clinical Use in Ischaemic Heart Disease written by Lieven Herbots and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Experimental Evaluation of the Host Immune Response to Xenogenic Bio derived Collagen Grafts in Rodent Models written by Fang Zheng and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cardiac Contractility Ca2 Handling in Mouse Models of Type II Diabetes written by An Van Den Bergh and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Role of Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Tone written by Leifu Jiang and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Enhancing Work Resumption of Patients on Sub Acute Sickness Absence written by Katrien Mortelmans and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Body States Interpersonal and Relational Perspectives on the Treatment of Eating Disorders written by Jean Petrucelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this edited volume, Jean Petrucelli brings together the work of talented clinicians and researchers steeped in working with eating disordered patients for the past 10 to 35 years. Eating disorders are about body-states and their relational meanings. The split of mindbody functioning is enacted in many arenas in the eating disordered patient’s life. Concretely, a patient believes that disciplining or controlling his or her body is a means to psychic equilibrium and interpersonal effectiveness. The collected papers in Body-States: Interpersonal and Relational Perspectives on the Treatment of Eating Disorders elaborates the essential role of linking symptoms with their emotional and interpersonal meanings in the context of the therapy relationship so that eating disordered patients can find their way out and survive the unbearable. The contributors bridge the gaps in varied protocols for recovery, illustrating that, at its core, trust in the reliability of the humanness of the other is necessary for patients to develop, regain, or have - for the first time - a stable body. They illustrate how embodied experience must be cultivated in the patient/therapist relationship as a felt experience so patients can experience their bodies as their own, to be lived in and enjoyed, rather than as an ‘other’ to be managed. In this collection Petrucelli convincingly demonstrates how interpersonal and relational treatments address eating problems, body image and "problems in living." Body States: Interpersonal and Relational Perspectives on the Treatment of Eating Disorders will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and a wide range of professionals and lay readers who are interested in the topic and treatment of eating disorders.
Download or read book Anorexia Nervosa written by Paul E. Garfinkel and published by Bruner Meisel U. This book was released on 1982 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: A text on anorexia nervosa for mental health practitioners, gynecologists, endocrinologists, and pediatricians, presents a comprehensive, multidimensional model for understanding and treating this syndrome. The etiology and perpetuation of anorexia nervosa encompasses a broad range of physiologic, psychologic, sociocultural, and familial factors. The 12 chapters of the text offer a detailed clinical picture of this disease and criteria for its diagnosis. Various subclasses of this syndrome (e.g., bulimia are characterized, and significant changes in hypothalmic pituitary gland function are described. The authors present data that anorexia nervosa is increasing in older as well as younger women, across different social classes. The interrelationship among body image distortions, interoceptive disturbances and the sense of personal ineffectiveness experienced by anorexics is clarified. The potential role of the family for fostering the development of anorexia is stressed. A comprehensive, individualized treatment plan is presented. (wz).
