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Focuses exclusively on biomarkers and brain disorders
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Biomarkers hold immense promise for the early detection of disease. Unlike other disorders like diabetes and heart disease where a limited number of biological markers are at hand that allow the physician to come up with a reliable diagnosis, there are currently no such markers available for affective disorders. As in any other disease area a major goal is therefore the identification of early markers that can categorize subsets of subjects in a consistent manner. This will allow a more precise definition and categorization of affective disorders and in turn facilitate investigations of the pathogenesis of the diseases and enhance our ability for treatment.
This edited volume will not only address the area of affective disorders but also other brain disorders that are neurological in nature, including Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer Disease.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomarkers for Psychiatric Disorders
Editors: Chris Turck
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79251-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-79250-7Published: 23 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4631-7Published: 08 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-79251-4Published: 29 April 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 538
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations
Topics: Neurosciences, Molecular Medicine, Proteomics, Psychiatry