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Neuropharmacological functional imaging

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The marriage of psychopharmacology with functional neuroimaging enables the investigation of neurochemical modulation of cognitive functions in the human brain. From the point of basic neurocognitive research, pharmacological functional neuroimaging is hence a valuable completion of animal experiments. From the point of clinical neuroscience, pharmacological neuroimaging contributes to the understanding and development of pharmacological treatment approaches for patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. The present paper provides an overview of the methodological approach and illustrates research findings and recent developments from pharmacological functional magnetic resonance imaging studies by means of selective examples from the dopaminergic and cholinergic neurotransmitter system.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the DFG (TH766-6/1). The manuscript was translated into English by Dr. Carsten Gießing.

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Conflict of interest. C. Thiel states that there are no conflicts of interest. The accompanying manuscript does not include any studies on humans or animals.

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Thiel, C. Neuropharmacological functional imaging. e-Neuroforum 4, 92–98 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13295-013-0050-4

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