Neuroimaging in child neuropsychiatric disorders

A child psychiatrist's point of view.- A child psychiatrist's point of view.- A radiologist's point of view.- A radiologist's point of view.- I. Methods and cerebral development.- 1. Cerebral development and neurophysiologics investigations.- 2. Methods: principles, anatomical and physiological bases PET and SPECT.- 3. Anatomical and physiological bases of the main electroencephalographic rhythms.- 4. Frontocentral electrical brain activity in normal boys: impact of EOG correction on retest stability, topography and condition effects of slow negative cortical potentials.- 5. Cerebral development and MRI.- 6. The ontogeny of cerebral metabolism.- 7. The ontogeny of the EEG during infancy and childhood: implications for cognitive development.- 8. Auditory evoked potentials (N1 wave) as indices of cortical development.- II. Neurophysiological investigations and pathophysiology.- 1. Structural neuroimaging in Gilles de 1a Tourette's syndrome.- 2. SPECT studies in Tourette's syndrome.- 3. Electrical brain activity and motor control in Tourette's syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.- 4. SPECT in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Implications for the understanding of awareness.- 5. Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological clues to the nature of autism.- 6. Functional brain imaging studies in childhood autism.- 7. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its application to autism and brain development.- 8. EEG investigations in autistic children.- 9. Neuroimaging in eating disorders in youth.- III. Neurophysiological investigations and treatment.- 1. The influence of neuropeptides and methylphenidate on evoked potentials in autistic and hyperkinetic children.- 2. Electrophysiological correlates of vitamin B6 and magnesium treatment inautism.- 3. Multivariate descriptive statistical methods: an aid to bioclinical studies in populations of developmentally disordered children.- Perspectives.- Colour illustrations appendix.