Behavioral Neurobiology of Schizophrenia and Its Treatment (Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, Volume 4)

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Assessing Function and Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia....Pages 3-21
Antipsychotics and Metabolics in the Post-CATIE Era....Pages 23-42
Pharmacological Strategies for Enhancing Cognition in Schizophrenia....Pages 43-96
Treatment Implications of the Schizophrenia Prodrome....Pages 97-121
Antipsychotic Drug Development....Pages 123-139
Antipsychotic Dosing and Drug Delivery....Pages 141-177
Functional Brain Imaging in Schizophrenia: Selected Results and Methods....Pages 181-214
Neurochemical Imaging in Schizophrenia....Pages 215-242
A Selective Review of Volumetric and Morphometric Imaging in Schizophrenia....Pages 243-281
Neurophysiological Measures of Sensory Registration, Stimulus Discrimination, and Selection in Schizophrenia Patients....Pages 283-309
Eye Tracking Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: Characterization and Pathophysiology....Pages 311-347
Prepulse Inhibition of the Startle Reflex: A Window on the Brain in Schizophrenia....Pages 349-371
Neurocognition in Schizophrenia....Pages 373-390
Animal Models of Schizophrenia....Pages 391-433
Models of Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities in Schizophrenia....Pages 435-481
Prefrontal Cortical Circuits in Schizophrenia....Pages 485-508
Thalamic Pathology in Schizophrenia....Pages 509-528
Hippocampal Pathology in Schizophrenia....Pages 529-553
Integrative Circuit Models and Their Implications for the Pathophysiologies and Treatments of the Schizophrenias....Pages 555-583
Experimental Approaches for Identifying Schizophrenia Risk Genes....Pages 587-610
Epigenetics of Schizophrenia....Pages 611-628
Molecules, Signaling, and Schizophrenia....Pages 629-656
Back Matter....Pages 657-664