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From the Book - Eleventh edition.
Structure and functions of cells of the nervous system --
Structure of the nervous system --
Psychopharmacology --
Methods and strategies of research --
Vision --
Audition, the body senses, and the chemical senses --
Control of movement --
Sleep and biological rhythms --
Reproductive behavior --
Emotion --
Ingestive behavior --
Learning and memory --
Human communication --
Schizophrenia and the affective disorders --
Anxiety disorders, autistic disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and stress disorders --
Drug abuse.
From the Book - Twelfth edition /
Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience --
Goals of Research --
Biological Roots of Behavioral Neuroscience --
Natural Selection and Evolution --
Functionalism and the Inheritance of Traits --
Evolution of Large Brains --
Ethical Issues in Research with Humans and Other Animals --
Research with Animals --
Research with Humans --
Future of Neuroscience: Careers and Strategies for Learning --
Careers in Neuroscience --
Strategies for Learning --
Cells of the Nervous System --
Nervous System: An Overview --
Neurons --
Supporting Cells --
Blood[--]Brain Barrier --
Communication Within a Neuron --
Neural Communication: An Overview --
Measuring Electrical Potentials of Axons --
Membrane Potential --
Action Potential --
Conduction of the Action Potential --
Communication Between Neurons --
Structure of Synapses --
Release of Neurotransmitters --
Activation of Receptors --
Postsynaptic Potentials --
Termination of Postsynaptic Potentials --
Effects of Postsynaptic Potentials: Neural Integration --
Autoreceptors --
Other Types of Synapses --
Other Forms of Chemical Communication --
Basic Features of the Nervous System --
Anatomical Directions --
Meninges --
Ventricular System and Production of CSF --
Development of the Nervous System --
Overview of Brain Development --
Prenatal Brain Development --
Postnatal Brain Development --
Structure and Function of the Central Nervous System --
Forebrain --
Midbrain --
Hindbrain --
Spinal Cord --
Structure and Function of the Peripheral Nervous System --
Cranial Nerves --
Spinal Nerves --
Autonomic Nervous System --
Principles of Psychopharmacology --
Overview of Psychopharmacology --
Pharmacokinetics --
Drug Effectiveness --
Effects of Repeated Administration --
Placebo Effects --
Sites of Drug Action --
Effects on Production of Neurotransmitters --
Effects on Storage and. Release of Neurotransmitters --
Effects on Receptors --
Effects on Reuptake or Destruction of Neurotransmitters --
Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators --
Amino Acids --
Acetylcholine --
Monoamines --
Peptides --
Lipids --
Experimental Ablation --
Evaluating the Behavioral Effects of Brain Damage --
Producing Brain Lesions --
Stereotaxic Surgery --
Histological Methods --
Tracing Neural Connections --
Studying the Structure of the Living Human Brain --
Recording and Stimulating Neural Activity --
Recording Neural Activity --
Recording the Brain's Metabolic and Synaptic Activity --
Stimulating Neural Activity --
Neurochemical Methods --
Finding Neurons That Produce Particular Neurochemicals --
Localizing Particular Receptors --
Measuring Chemicals Secreted in the Brain --
Genetic Methods --
Twin Studies --
Adoption Studies --
Genomic Studies --
Targeted Mutations --
Antisense Oligonucleotides --
Eye --
Introduction to Sensation and Perception --
Stimulus: Light --
Anatomy of the Eye --
Photoreceptors --
Transd ration --
Central and Peripheral Vision --
Optic Nerves --
Overview of the Visual Pathway --
Brain Regions Involved in Visual Processing --
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus --
Striate Cortex --
Extrastriate Cortex --
Perception of Color --
Role of the Retinal Ganglion Cells in Light/Dark Perception --
Role of the Retina in Color Perception --
Role of the Striate Cortex --
Role of the Extrastriate Cortex --
Perception of Form --
Role of the Striate Cortex --
Role of the Extrastriate Cortex --
Perception of Spatial Location --
Role of the Retina --
Role of the Striate Cortex --
Role of the Extrastriate Cortex --
Perception of Orientation and Movement --
Role of the Striate Cortex --
Role of the Extrastriate Cortex --
Audition --
Stimulus --
Anatomy of the Ear --
Auditory Hair Cells and the Transduction of Auditory Information --
Auditory Pathway --
Perception of Pitch --
Perception of Loudness --
Perception of Timbre --
Perception of Spatial Location --
Perception of Complex Sounds --
Perception of Music --
Vestibular System --
Anatomy of the Vestibular Apparatus --
Vestibular Pathway --
Somatosenses --
Stimuli --
Anatomy of the Skin and Its Receptive Organs --
Perception of Cutaneous Stimulation --
Somatosensory Pathways --
Perception of Pain --
Gustation --
Stimuli --
Anatomy of the Taste Buds and Gustatory Cells --
Perception of Gustatory Information --
Gustatory Pathway --
Olfaction --
Stimulus and Anatomy of the Olfactory Apparatus --
Transduction of Olfactory Information --
Perception of Specific Odors --
Skeletal Muscle --
Anatomy --
Physical Basis of Muscular Contraction --
Sensory Feedback from Muscles --
Control of Movement by the Spinal Cord --
Monosynaptic Stretch Reflex --
Gamma Motor System --
Polysynaptic Reflexes --
Control of Movement by the Brain --
Cortical. Structures --
Cortical Control of Movement: Descending Pathways --
Planning and Initiating Movements: Role of the Motor Association Cortex --
Subcortical Structures --
Complex Motor Behavior --
Imitating and Comprehending Movements: Role of the Mirror Neuron System --
Control of Reaching and Grasping: Role of the Parietal Cortex --
Deficits of Skilled Movements: The Apraxias --
Limb Apraxia --
Constructional Apraxia --
What Is Sleep? --
Stages of Sleep --
Brain Activity During Sleep --
Why Do We Sleep? --
Functions of Slow-Wave Sleep --
Functions of REM Sleep --
Sleep and Learning --
Physiological Mechanisms of Sleep and Waking --
Neural Control of Sleep --
Neural Control of Arousal --
Neural Control of Sleep/Wake Transitions --
Neural Control of Transition to REM --
Disorders of Sleep --
Insomnia --
Narcolepsy --
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder --
Problems Associated with Slow-Wave Sleep --
Biological Clocks --
Circadian Rhythms and Zeitgebers --
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus --
Control of Seasonal Rhythms: The Pineal Gland and Melatonin --
Changes in Circadian Rhythms: Shift Work and Jet Lag --
Sexual Development --
Production of Gametes and Fertilization --
Development of the Sex Organs --
Sexual Maturation --
Hormonal Control of Sexual Behavior --
Hormonal Control of Female Reproductive Cycles --
Hormonal Control of Sexual Behavior of Laboratory Animals --
Organizational Effects of Androgens on Behavior: Masculinization and Defeminization --
Human Sexual Behavior --
Effects of Pheromones --
Neural Control of Sexual Behavior --
Males --
Females --
Formation of Pair Bonds --
Sexual Orientation --
Activational and Organizational Effects of Hormones --
Role of Androgens --
Cloacal Exstrophy --
Sexually Dimorphic Brain --
Role of Prenatal. Environment in Sexual Orientation --
Heredity and Sexual Orientation --
Parental Behavior --
Maternal Behavior of Rodents --
Hormonal Control of Maternal Behavior --
Neural Control of Maternal Behavior --
Neural Control of Paternal Behavior --
Fear --
Components of Emotional Response --
Research with Laboratory Animals --
Research with Humans --
Aggression --
Research with Laboratory Animals --
Research with Humans --
Hormonal Control of Aggressive Behavior --
Impulse Control --
Role of the vmPFC --
Brain Development and Impulse Control --
Crime and Impulse Control --
Serotonin and Impulse Control --
Moral Decision Making --
Communication of Emotions --
Facial Expression of Emotions: Innate Responses --
Neural Basis of the Communication of Emotions: Recognition --
Neural Basis of the Communication of Emotions: Expression --
Feelings of Emotions --
James-Lange Theory --
Feedback from Emotional Expressions --
Drinking --
Physiological Regulatory Mechanisms --
Two Types of Thirst --
Neural Mechanisms of Thirst --
Eating: What Is Metabolism? --
Short-Term Reservoir --
Long-Term Reservoir --
Fasting Phase --
Absorptive Phase --
Eating: Signals to Start a Meal --
Signals from the Digestive System --
Metabolic Signals --
Eating: Signals to Stop a Meal --
Short-Term Satiety --
Signals from Environmental Factors --
Signals from Sensory Factors --
Signals from Gastric Factors --
Signals from Intestinal Factors --
Signals from Liver Factors --
Signals from Insulin --
Long-Term Satiety: Signals from Adipose Tissue --
Brain Mechanisms --
Brain Stem --
Hypothalamus --
Obesity --
Possible Causes --
Treatment --
Eating Disorders --
Possible Causes --
Treatment --
Overview of Learning and Memory --
Types of Learning --
Types of Memory --
Stimulus-Response Learning --
Classical Conditioning --
Operant Conditioning --
Motor Learning --
Role of the Cortex --
Role of the Basal Ganglia --
Perceptual Learning --
Role of the Cortex --
Retaining Perceptual Information in Short-Term Memory --
Relational Learning --
Role of the Hippocampus --
Role of the Cortex --
Amnesia --
Role of the Hippocampus --
Stimulus-Response Learning --
Motor Learning --
Perceptual Learning --
Relational Learning --
Long-Term Potentiation --
Induction of Long-Term Potentiation --
Role of NMDA Receptors --
Role of AMPA Receptors --
Role of Synaptic Changes --
Language Production and Comprehension: Brain Mechanisms --
Lateralization --
Language Production --
Language Comprehension --
Bilingualism --
Prosody --
Recognition of People's Voices --
Disorders of Language Production and Comprehension --
Disorders of Language Production: Broca's Aphasia --
Disorders of Language Comprehension: Wernicke's Aphasia --
Conduction Aphasia --
Aphasia in People Who Are Deaf --
Stuttering --
Disorders of Reading and Writing --
Relation to Aphasia --
Pure Alexia --
Toward an Understanding of Reading.
Note continued: Toward an Understanding of Writing --
Tumors and Seizures --
Tumors --
Seizures --
Cerebrovascular Accidents --
Causes --
Treatments --
Traumatic Brain Injury --
Causes --
Treatments --
Disorders of Development --
Toxic Chemicals --
Inherited Metabolic Disorders --
Down Syndrome --
Degenerative Disorders --
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies --
Parkinson's Disease --
Huntington's Disease --
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis --
Multiple Sclerosis --
Dementia --
Korsakoff's Syndrome --
Disorders Caused by Infectious Diseases --
Encephalitis --
Meningitis --
Schizophrenia --
Description --
Heritability --
Environmental Factors --
Anomalies in Schizophrenia --
Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway: Positive Symptoms --
Mesocortical Dopamine Pathway: Negative and Cognitive Symptoms --
Affective Disorders --
Description --
Heritability --
Biological Treatments --
Role of the Frontal Cortex --
Monoamine Hypothesis --
Role of the 5-FIT Transporter --
Role of Neurogenesis --
Role of Circadian Rhythms --
Stress --
Physiology of the Stress Response --
Health Effects of Long-Term Stress --
Effects of Stress on the Brain --
Psychoneuroimmunology --
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder --
Symptoms --
Heritability --
Brain Changes --
Treatment --
Anxiety Disorders --
Symptoms --
Heritability --
Brain Changes --
Treatment --
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder --
Symptoms --
Heritability --
Brain Changes --
Treatment --
Autism Spectrum Disorder --
Symptoms --
Heritability --
Brain Changes --
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder --
Symptoms --
Heritability --
Brain Changes --
Common Features of Substance Abuse --
Positive Reinforcement --
Negative Reinforcement --
Heredity --
Alcohol --
Nicotine --
Stimulants --
Commonly Abused Drugs --
Opiates --
Stimulants --
Nicotine --
Alcohol --
Cannabis --
Treatment for Substance Abuse --
Opiates --
Stimulants --
Nicotine --
Alcohol --
Brain Stimulation.
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9780134080918
9780205239399
9780134319278
9780205126385
9780205239818
9780205239399
9780134319278
9780205126385
9780205239818
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