The Migraine Brain: Imaging Structure and Function - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019975456X ISBN 13: 9780199754564

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

A collation of the top thinkers in the field and the only book of its kind, The Migraine Brain is necessary reading for neurologists and neuroscientists. It provides a general overview of the history of migraine, its pathophysiology, as well as in-depth details on the Clinical Perspectives and the different imaging techniques in use (MR, fMRI, DTI, VBM, PET, fMRI, and MEG). It also includes details on modulation of the brain using such techniques as TMS. The book concludes with a discussion of future uses of imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of migraines and other headaches.

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About the Author

David Borsook, MD, PhD
Director, Pain & Analgesia Imaging Neuroscience (P.A.I.N.) Group
McLean Hospital, Masschussetts General Hospital, and Children's Hospital
Belmont, MA

Arne May, MD, PhD
Institut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften
Zentrum für Experimentelle Medizin
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany

Peter Goadsby, MD, PhD
Director, UCSF Headache Center
Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Richard Hargreaves, PhD
Vice President
Worldwide Head of Basic Research
Neuroscience
Merck Research Laboratories
West Point PA

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019975456X
• ISBN 13: 9780199754564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Borsook David, May Arne, Goadsby Peter J., Hargreaves Richard