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Researchers and practitioners successfully joining forces to integrate science with practice while enhancing patient care and treatment.

What could be more fascinating than exploring the mind and human behavior? Neuroscience is one of the fastest-evolving areas in healthcare, in particular neuroimaging. There has been an exponential surge in the number of neuroimaging publications addressing common health conditions as researchers increasingly report valuable findings that enable new and effective interventions. Alongside this growing literature, the scope and diversity of research is broadening in terms of both scientific focus and methods.

In many cases, clinical practice has been quick to absorb imaging techniques. However, in several countries the prevailing trend among those who support healthcare and science does tend to widen the gap between researchers and clinicians. Practitioners are not usually involved in research, and vice versa, which detracts from the potential for synergy and more efficacious contributions, despite both groups being ultimately complementary and interdependent. Modern neuroimaging offers tremendous opportunities for gaining fresh insights, with key developments that will almost certainly lead directly to clinical applications. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before a new neuroimaging book such as this one would gather the latest clinical and research work for their mutual benefit.

*Neuroimaging for clinicians* sourced 19 chapters from some of the world's top brainimaging researchers and clinicians to provide a timely review of the state of the art in neuroimaging, covering radiology, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, and geriatrics. Contributors from China, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Poland, Spain, South Africa, and the United States of America have collaborated enthusiastically and efficiently to create this reader-friendly but comprehensive work covering the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and effective treatment of several common health conditions, with many explanatory figures, tables and boxes to enhance legibility and make the book clinically useful.

Countless hours have gone into writing these chapters, and our profound appreciation is in order for their consistent advice on the use of neuroimaging in diagnostic workups for conditions such as acute stroke, cell biology, ciliopathies, cognitive integration,

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dementia and other amnestic disorders, haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, mental imagery, sexual disorders, spondylotic myelopathy, Parkinson's disease, and post traumatic stress disorder. All of the latter have been situated within a conceptual framework that highlights relations between the biological, psychological, and environmental levels of analysis.

I would also like to apologize to readers who may feel that their particular area of interest has been overlooked, perhaps inevitably so, given the wide range of ongoing work.

Finally, *Neuroimaging for clinicians* is highly recommended for both clinicians and researchers and it is a must-read for specialists in neurology, geriatrics, psychiatry, and psychology, who need a means of integrating neuroscience with their everyday practice of managing patients. We hope this will enable researchers and practitioners to work together and integrate science with practice. For the sake of our patients, we hope this book helps detect and treat illness and life-threatening conditions to provide much-needed relief.

> **Julio F.P. Peres, PsyD, PhD.** Radiology Clinic – Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Psychotraumatology Clinic - Hospital Perola Byington, SP, Brazil

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work.

much-needed relief.

environmental levels of analysis.

dementia and other amnestic disorders, haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, mental imagery, sexual disorders, spondylotic myelopathy, Parkinson's disease, and post traumatic stress disorder. All of the latter have been situated within a conceptual framework that highlights relations between the biological, psychological, and

I would also like to apologize to readers who may feel that their particular area of interest has been overlooked, perhaps inevitably so, given the wide range of ongoing

Finally, *Neuroimaging for clinicians* is highly recommended for both clinicians and researchers and it is a must-read for specialists in neurology, geriatrics, psychiatry, and psychology, who need a means of integrating neuroscience with their everyday practice of managing patients. We hope this will enable researchers and practitioners to work together and integrate science with practice. For the sake of our patients, we hope this book helps detect and treat illness and life-threatening conditions to provide

**Julio F.P. Peres, PsyD, PhD.**

Brazil

Radiology Clinic – Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Psychotraumatology Clinic - Hospital Perola Byington, SP,

**Part 1** 

**Amnestic Disorders** 
