The Human Frontal Lobes, First Edition

Bruce L. Miller, M.D., Dept of Neurology, Mount Zion Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco Jeffery Cummings, M.D., Dept. of Neurology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.

Preface. Part I: Neuroanatomy of the Frontal Lobes. Tom, Cummings, Frontal-Subcortical Circuits. Kaufer, Lewis, Frontal Lobe Anatomy and Cortical Connectivity. Geschwind, Iacoboni, Structural and Functional Asymmetries of the Human Frontal Lobes. Miller, Gross Morphology and Architectonics of the Frontal Lobes. Banyas, The Evolution and Phylogenetic History of the Frontal Lobes. Jagust, Neuroimaging and the Frontal Lobes: Insights from the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Part II: Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology of the Frontal Lobes. Robert, Aubin-Brunet, Darcourt, Serotonin and the Frontal Lobes. Hasselmo, Linster, Acetylcholine and Frontal Cortex "Signal-to-Noise Ratio". Swartz, Dopamine Projections and Frontal Systems Function. Feifel, Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators in Frontal-Subcortical Circuits. Fuster, Cognitive Functions of the Frontal Lobes. Grady, Neuroimaging and Activation of the Frontal Lobes. Part III: Neuropsychological Functions of the Frontal Lobes. Ettlin, Kischka, Bedside Frontal Lobe Testing: The "Frontal Lobe Score." Boone, Neuropsychological Assessment of Executive Functions: Impact of Age, Education, Gender, Intellectual Level, and Vascular Status on Executive Test Scores. Kertesz, Language and the Frontal Lobes. Fitten, Frontal Lobe Dysfunction and Patient Decision Making about Treatment and Participation in Research. Yener, Zaffos, Memory and the Frontal Lobes. Edwards-Lee, Saul, Neuropsychiatry of the Right Frontal Lobe. Grafman, Experimental Assessment of Adult Frontal Lobe Function. Part IV: Diseases of the Frontal Lobes A. Neurology. Brun, Gustafson, Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Frontotemporal Dementia. Chui, Willis, Vascular Diseases of the Frontal Lobes. Litvan, Extrapyramidal Disorders and Frontal Lobe Function. McKeith, Lewy Body Disorders. Nakawatase, Frontal Lobe Tumors. Weingarten, Psychosurgery. Scharre, Infectious, Inflammatory, and Demyelinating Disorders of the Frontal Lobes. Schnider, Gutbrod, Traumatic Brain Injury. B. Psychiatry. Perry, Swerdlow, McDowell, Braff, Schizophrenia and Frontal Lobe Functioning. Rubin, Harris, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Frontal Lobes. Starkstein, Robinson, Depression and Frontal Lobes Disorders. Pincus, Aggression, Criminality, and the Frontal Lobes. Miller, Hou, Goldberg, Mena, Anterior Temporal Lobes: Social Brain. Perry, Cholinergic Components of Frontal Lobe Function and Dysfunction. Samango-Sprouse, Frontal Lobe Development in Childhood.