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Chapter 4 - Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2025

By
Sukhi Shergill  and
Raka Maitra
Edited by
Niruj Agrawal  and
Norman Poole
Niruj Agrawal
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London
Norman Poole
Affiliation:
South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

In the human body, the brain is the organ that underpins mental processing. Mental processes use the interconnected structures of the brain to synthesize the experience of the internal and external environment. Psychiatric symptoms reflect dysfunctional mental processing. These abnormalities in mental processes could arise from any combination of functional or structural changes in the brain. Neuroimaging technology provides us with methods to study these abnormal functions and structures of the brain.

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NeuroimagingMagnetic resonance imagingfunctional MRIMRSPETEEGMEGcognitionprecision psychiatryimaging genetics
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Essential Neuroscience for Psychiatrists , pp. 147 - 173
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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