Foreword Joseph Coyle; Preface Monique Ernst and Judith Rumsey; Part I. Techniques of Functional Neuroimaging: 1. Functional brain imaging with PET and SPECT Peter Herscovitch and Monique Ernst; 2. Modeling of PET/SPECT receptor images Evan Morris, Raymond Muzic, Bradley Christian, Christopher Endres and Ronald Fisher; 3. Techniques of functional neuroimaging: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Guinevere F. Eden and Thomas A. Zeffiro; 4. MRS in childhood psychiatric disorders Deborah Yurgelun-Todd and Perry Renshaw; 5. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Donald Rojas, Peter Teale and Martin Reite; Part II. Ethical Issues in Neuroimaging Reseach with Children Eugene Arnold, Alan Zametkin, Lauren Caravella and Nicole Korbly; Part III. Normal Development: 6. Brain development and evolution Manuel Casanova, Daniel Buxhoeveden and Gurkirpal Sohal; 7. Cognitive development from a neuropsychological perspective Daisy Pascualvaca and Gloria Morote; 8. Cognitive and behavioural probes of developmental landmarks for use in functional neuroimaging B. J. Casey, Kathleen Thomas, Tomihisa Welsh, Rona Livnat and Clayton Eccard; Part IV. Psychiatric Disorders: 9. Autism Diane Chugani; 10. Functional imaging in childhood onset schizophrenia Leslie Jacobsen and Alessandro Bertolino; 11. Pediatric mood disorders and neuroimaging Robert A. Kowatch, Pablo Davanzo and Graham J. Emslie; 12. New frontiers in neuroimaging of childhood onset anxiety disorders David Rosenberg, Lori Paulson, Frank MacMaster and Gregory Moore; 13. Functional brain imaging in Tourette's syndrome: what are we really imaging? Bradley Peterson and Prakash Thomas; 14. Functional neuroimaging in dyslexia: conceptual issues and psychiatric comorbidity Frank Wood and Lynn Flowers; 15. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: neuroimaging and behavioural/cognitive probes Julie B. Schweitzer, Carl Anderson and Monique Ernst; 16. Eating disorders Uttom Chowdhury, Isky Gordon and Bryan Lask; Part V. Future Directions: 17. Techniques of molecular genetics David Vandenbergh; 18. Issues in the genetic study of complex neurobehavioral conditions David Pauls; 19. The duplicity of plasticity: a conceptual approach to the study of early lesions and developmental disorders Ralph Axel Mueller and Eric Courchesne; 20. Utility of the CANTAB battery in functional neuroimaging A. C. H. Lee, A. M. Owen, R. D. Rogers, B. J. Sahakian and T. W. Robbins; 21. Neurodevelopmental assessment of cognitive function using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Testing Automated Battery (CANTAB): validation and future goals Monica Luciana and Charles Nelson; 22. Functional neuroimaging in child psychiatry: future directions Monique Ernst and Judith Rumsey; Glossary; Index.