Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience

Chapter 1: Origins of Behavioral Neuroscience  Understanding Human Consciousness: A Physiological Approach  The Nature of Behavioral Neuroscience  Natural Selection and Evolution  Ethical Issues in Research with Animals  Careers in Neuroscience  Strategies for Learning    Chapter 2: Structure and Functions of Cells of the Nervous System  Cells of the Nervous System  Communication Within a Neuron  Communication Between Neurons    Chapter 3: Structure of the Nervous System  Basic Features of the Nervous System  The Central Nervous System  The Peripheral Nervous System    Chapter 4: Psychopharmacology  Principles of Psychopharmacology  Sites of Drug Action  Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators    Chapter 5: Methods and Strategies of Research  Experimental Ablation  Recording and Stimulating Neural Activity  Neurochemical Methods  Genetic Methods    Chapter 6: Vision  The Stimulus  Anatomy of the Visual System  Coding of Visual Information in the Retina  Analysis of Visual Information: Role of the Striate Cortex  Analysis of Visual Information: Role of the Visual Association Cortex    Chapter 7: Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses  Audition  Vestibular System  Somatosenses  Gustation  Olfaction    Chapter 8: Sleep and Biological Rhythms  A Physiological and Behavioral Description of Sleep  Disorders of Sleep  Why Do We Sleep?  Physiological Mechanisms of Sleep and Waking  Biological Clocks  Chapter 9: Reproductive Behavior  Sexual Development  Hormonal Control of Sexual Behavior  Neural Control of Sexual Behavior  Parental Behavior    Chapter 10: Emotion  Emotions as Response Patterns  Communication of Emotions  Feelings of Emotions    Chapter 11: Ingestive Behavior  Physiological Regulatory Mechanisms  Drinking  Eating: Some Facts About Metabolism  What Starts a Meal?  What Stops a Meal?  Brain Mechanisms  Obesity  Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia Nervosa    Chapter 12: Learning and Memory  The Nature of Learning  Synaptic Plasticity: Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression  Perceptual Learning  Classical Conditioning  Instrumental Conditioning  Relational Learning    Chapter 13: Human Communication  Speech Production and Comprehension: Brain Mechanisms  Disorders of Reading and Writing    Chapter 14: Neurological Disorders  Tumors  Seizure Disorders  Cerebrovascular Accidents  Traumatic Brain Injury  Disorders of Development  Degenerative Disorders  Disorders Caused by Infectious Diseases    Chapter 15: Autistic, Attention-Deficit, Stress,nd Substance Abuse Disorders  Autistic Disorder  Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder  Stress Disorders  Substance Abuse Disorders    Chapter 16: Schizophrenia, Affective Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders  Schizophrenia  Major Affective Disorders  Anxiety Disorders