In the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders, the use of neuroimaging has expanded widely and has been an exciting, important modality for unlocking the causes of abnormal motor control. With ever improving machinery, data collection techniques and analysis methods, researchers are now being presented with an exponentially increasing amount of data that they must wade through and interpret in the context of existing knowledge about movement disorders.

In Neuroimaging of Movement Disorders, the editors have produced a gold-standard resource that brings together an impressive international group of authorities in their respective fields to outline the current state of knowledge. Controversies, such as conflicting findings and methodological limitations, are covered and provide the reader with a comprehensive yet pragmatic understanding of the state of science. The chapters offer both comprehensive reviews of various neuroimaging methods and also more in-depth summaries of the contributions made by neuroimaging in individual movement disorders. Although many of the neuroimaging methods that are discussed have not been routinely used in clinical practice, the authors skillfully provide the reader with adequate detail to understand the requirements for using these methods and in some cases even the starting knowledge to begin local implementation. Neuroimaging of Movement Disorders is an indispensable reference that will be of value to all physicians and researchers involved in the care of patients with movement disorders.

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Contributors

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Neuroimaging

Christian L. Stanton and Pradip M. Pattany

Chapter 2. Morphometric Analyses in Movement Disorders****

Ettore Accolla and Bogdan Draganski

Chapter 3. Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging and its applications in movement disorders

Jiun-Jie Wang and YauYau Wai

Chapter 4. PET/SPECT Imaging during Dynamic Motor Control

Kazumi Iseki and Takashi Hanakawa

Chapter 5. Transcranial Ultrasonography in Movement Disorders

Stefanie Behnke and Daniela Berg

Chapter 6. A**pplications of near infrared spectroscopy in movement disorders.**

Masahito Mihara, Noriaki Hattori, and Ichiro Miyai

Chapter 7. Structural MRI in Idiopathic Parkinson Disease and Parkinsonism

Christoph Mueller, Klaus Seppi, Werner Poewe

Chapter 8. Dopamine Imaging in Idiopathic Parkinson disease and other Parkinsonisms

Yen F Tai and Nicola Pavese

Chapter 9. Functional MRI in Idiopathic Parkinson disease and Parkinsonism

Tao Wu and Mark Hallett

Chapter 10. Neuromelanin Imaging in Parkinson Disease

Makoto Sasaki, Fumio Yamashita, and Kohsuke Kudo

Chapter 11. Neuroimaging of Dystonia

Silvina Horovitz and Mark Hallett

Chapter 12. Neuroimaging in Essential Tremor Corneliu C. Luca and Fatta B. Nahab

Chapter 13. Imaging in Huntington's Disease and Other Choreas

Andrew McGarry and Kevin Biglan

Chapter 14. Neuroimaging of Ataxias

Anelyssa D'Abreu and Fernando Cendes

Chapter 15. Other Gait Disorders

Joseph C. Masdeu

Chapter 16. Neuroimaging of Basal Ganglia Calcifications

Norbert Brüggemann and Johann Hagenah