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Physiology of Behavior

ISBN: 9780205273409 | 0205273408
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Viacom Company
Pub. Date: 1/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
The revision of this classic book incorporates the latest discoveries in the rapidly changing fields of neuroscience and physiological psychology. Carlson's book remains the definitive reference.Comprehensive and cutting edge research is combined with a coherent and reader-friendly writing style. The two new chapters on psychopharmacology and reinforcement & addiction complement the rest of the book's topics, which include: research, vision, body senses, chemical senses, movement, anxiety, autism, and more.
Prefacexv
Introduction
1(18)
Understanding Human Consciousness: A Physiological Approach
2(4)
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Blindsight
3(1)
Split Brains
4(1)
Interim Summary
5(1)
The Nature of Physiological Psychology
6(7)
The Goals of Research
7(1)
Biological Roots of Physiological Psychology
7(3)
Functionalism: Natural Selection and Evolution
10(3)
Interim Summary
13(1)
Ethical Issues in Research with Animals
13(2)
Careers in Neuroscience
15(1)
Interim Summary
16(1)
Strategies for Learning
16(2)
Suggested Readings
18(1)
Structure and Functions of Cells of the Nervous System
19(37)
Cells of the Nervous System
21(11)
Neurons
21(5)
Neural Communication: An Overview
26(2)
Supporting Cells
28(3)
The Blood-Brain Barrier
31(1)
Interim Summary
32(1)
Communication within a Neuron
32(10)
Measuring Electrical Potentials of Axons
32(2)
The Membrane Potential: Balance of Two Forces
34(3)
The Action Potential
37(2)
Conduction of the Action Potential
39(2)
Interim Summary
41(1)
Communication Between Neurons
42(13)
The Concept of Chemical Transmission
42(1)
Structure of Synapses
43(1)
Release of Transmitter Substance
44(3)
Activation of Receptors
47(1)
Postsynaptic Potentials
48(2)
Termination of Postsynaptic Potentials
50(1)
Effects of Postsynaptic Potentials: Neural Integration
50(1)
Autoreceptors
51(1)
Other Types of Synapses
52(1)
Nonsynaptic Chemical Communication
53(1)
Interim Summary
54(1)
Suggested Readings
55(1)
Structure of the Nervous System
56(30)
Basic Features of the Nervous System
57(8)
An Overview
59(1)
Blood Supply
60(1)
Meninges
60(2)
The Ventricular System and Production of CSF
62(2)
Interim Summary
64(1)
The Central Nervous System
65(15)
Development of the Central Nervous System
65(2)
The Forebrain
67(9)
The Mesencephalon
76(1)
The Hindbrain
77(1)
The Spinal Cord
78(1)
Interim Summary
79(1)
The Peripheral Nervous System
80(5)
Spinal Nerves
80(1)
Cranial Nerves
81(1)
The Autonomic Nervous System
82(3)
Interim Summary
85(1)
Suggested Readings
85(1)
Psychopharmacology
86(33)
Principles of Psychopharmacology
88(6)
Pharmacokinetics
88(3)
Drug Effectiveness
91(1)
Effects of Repeated Administration
92(1)
Placebo Effects
93(1)
Interim Summary
94(1)
Sites of Drug Action
94(5)
Effects on Production of Transmitter Substances
95(1)
Effects on Storage and Release of Transmitter Substances
95(1)
Effects on Receptors
95(3)
Effects on Reuptake or Destruction of Transmitter Substance
98(1)
Interim Summary
98(1)
Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators
99(19)
Acetylcholine
99(3)
The Monoamines
102(9)
Amino Acids
111(4)
Peptides
115(1)
Lipids
116(1)
Nucleosides
117(1)
Soluble Gases
117(1)
Interim Summary
118(1)
Suggested Readings
118(1)
Methods and Strategies of Research
119(29)
Experimental Ablation
120(14)
Evaluating the Behavioral Effects of Brain Damage
120(1)
Producing Brain Lesions
121(2)
Stereotaxic Surgery
123(2)
Histological Methods
125(2)
Tracing Neural Connections
127(3)
Study of the Living Human Brain
130(2)
Interim Summary
132(2)
Recording and Stimulating Neural Activity
134(8)
Recording of Neural Activity
134(2)
Recording the Brain's Metabolic and Synaptic Activity
136(2)
Measuring the Brain's Secretions
138(1)
Stimulating Neural Activity
139(1)
Behavioral Effects of Electrical Brain Stimulation
140(1)
Interim Summary
141(1)
Neurochemical Methods
142(5)
Finding Neurons That Produce Particular Neurochemicals
142(2)
Localizing Particular Receptors
144(2)
Interim Summary
146(1)
Suggested Readings
147(1)
Vision
148(37)
The Stimulus
150(1)
Anatomy of the Visual System
150(7)
The Eyes
151(2)
Photoreceptors
153(2)
Connections Between Eye and Brain
155(2)
Interim Summary
157(1)
Coding of Visual Information in the Retina
157(7)
Coding of Light and Dark
157(2)
Coding of Color
159(4)
Interim Summary
163(1)
Analysis of Visual Information: Role of the Striate Cortex
164(8)
Anatomy of the Striate Cortex
164(1)
Orientation and Movement
164(1)
Spatial Frequency
165(2)
Texture
167(1)
Retinal Disparity
168(1)
Color
168(1)
Modular Organization of the Striate Cortex
169(2)
Blindsight
171(1)
Interim Summary
171(1)
Analysis of Visual Information: Role of the Visual Association Cortex
172(12)
Two Streams of Visual Analysis
172(1)
Perception of Color
173(1)
Analysis of Form
174(5)
Perception of Movement
179(2)
Perception of Location
181(2)
Interim Summary
183(1)
Suggested Readings
184(1)
Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses
185(39)
Audition
186(17)
The Stimulus
186(1)
Anatomy of the Ear
187(2)
Auditory Hair Cells and the Transduction of Auditory Information
189(3)
The Auditory Pathway
192(4)
Detection of Pitch
196(2)
Detection of Loudness
198(1)
Detection of Timbre
198(1)
Feature Detection in the Auditory System
198(3)
Behavioral Functions of the Auditory System
201(1)
Interim Summary
202(1)
Vestibular System
203(2)
Anatomy of the Vestibular Apparatus
203(1)
The Receptor Cells
204(1)
The Vestibular Pathway
205(1)
Interim Summary
205(1)
Somatosenses
205(8)
The Stimuli
206(1)
Anatomy of the Skin and Its Receptive Organs
206(1)
Detection of Cutaneous Stimulation
207(2)
The Somatosensory Pathways
209(1)
Perception of Pain
210(2)
Interim Summary
212(1)
Gustation
213(6)
The Stimuli
213(1)
Anatomy of the Taste Buds and Gustatory Cells
214(1)
Detection of Gustatory Information
214(3)
The Gustatory Pathway
217(1)
Neural Coding of Taste
218(1)
Interim Summary
218(1)
Olfaction
219(4)
The Stimulus
219(1)
Anatomy of the Olfactory Apparatus
219(2)
Transduction of Olfactory Information
221(1)
Detection of Specific Odors
221(1)
Interim Summary
222(1)
Suggested Readings
223(1)
Control of Movement
224(28)
Muscles
225(5)
Skeletal Muscle
225(3)
Smooth Muscle
228(1)
Cardiac Muscle
229(1)
Interim Summary
229(1)
Reflex Control of Movement
230(4)
The Monosynaptic Stretch Reflex
231
The Gamma Motor System
230(2)
Polysynaptic Reflexes
232(1)
Interim Summary
233(1)
Control of Movement by the Brain
234(17)
Organization of Motor Cortex
234(2)
Cortical Control of Movement: The Descending Pathways
236(4)
Deficits of Verbally Controlled Movements: The Apraxias
240(2)
The Basal Ganglia
242(5)
The Cerebellum
247(3)
The Reticular Formation
250(1)
Interim Summary
250(1)
Suggested Readings
251(1)
Sleep and Biological Rhythms
252(37)
A Physiological and Behavioral Description
253(5)
Stages of Sleep
253(4)
Mental Activity During Sleep
257(1)
Interim Summary
258(1)
Why Do We Sleep?
258(8)
Sleep as an Adaptive Response
258(1)
Sleep as a Restorative Process
259(3)
Sleep and Thermoregulation
262(1)
The Functions of REM Sleep
263(2)
Interim Summary
265(1)
Physiological Mechanisms of Sleep and Waking
266(11)
Chemical Control of Sleep
266(1)
Neural Control of Arousal
267(3)
Neural Control of Slow-Wave Sleep
270(1)
Neural Control of REM Sleep
271(6)
Interim Summary
277(1)
Disorders of Sleep
277(3)
Insomnia
277(1)
Problems Associated with REM Sleep
278(2)
Problems Associated with Slow-Wave Sleep
280(1)
Interim Summary
280(1)
Biological Clocks
280(8)
Circadian Rhythms and Zeitgebers
281(1)
The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
282(4)
Control of Seasonal Rhythms: The Pineal Gland and Melatonin
286(1)
Changes in Circadian Rhythms: Shift Work and Jet-Lag
287(1)
Interim Summary
287(1)
Suggested Readings
288(1)
Reproductive Behavior
289(35)
Sexual Development
290(7)
Production of Gametes and Fertilization
290(1)
Development of the Sex Organs
291(3)
Sexual Maturation
294(2)
Interim Summary
296(1)
Hormonal Control of Sexual Behavior
297(14)
Hormonal Control of Female Reproductive Cycles
297(1)
Hormonal Control of Sexual Behavior of Laboratory Animals
298(2)
Organizational Effects of Androgens on Behavior: Masculinization and Defeminization
300(1)
Effects of Pheromones
301(3)
Human Sexual Behavior
304(2)
Sexual Orientation
306(4)
Interim Summary
310(1)
Neural Control of Sexual Behavior
311(6)
Males
311(4)
Females
315(1)
Interim Summary
316(1)
Parental Behavior
317(6)
Maternal Behavior of Rodents
318(1)
Stimuli That Elicit and Maintain Maternal Behavior
319(1)
Hormonal Control of Maternal Behavior
320(1)
Neural Control of Maternal Behavior
321(1)
Neural Control of Paternal Behavior
321(1)
Interim Summary
322(1)
Suggested Readings
323(1)
Emotion
324(31)
Emotions as Response Patterns
325(10)
Neural Control of Emotional Response Patterns: Role of the Amygdala
326(5)
Social Judgments and Emotions: Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex
331(3)
Interim Summary
334(1)
Expression and Recognition of Emotions
335(7)
Facial Expression of Emotions: Innate Responses
335(2)
Neural Basis of the Communication of Emotions: Recognition
337(2)
Neural Basis of the Communication of Emotions: Expression
339(2)
Interim Summary
341(1)
Feelings of Emotions
342(3)
The James-Lange Theory
342(1)
Feedback from Simulated Emotions
343(1)
Interim Summary
344(1)
Aggressive Behavior
345(9)
Neural Control of Aggressive Behavior
345(3)
Hormonal Control of Aggressive Behavior
348(5)
Interim Summary
353(1)
Suggested Readings
354(1)
Ingestive Behavior: Drinking
355(21)
The Nature of Physiological Regulatory Mechanisms
356(1)
Some Facts about Fluid Balance
357(4)
The Fluid Compartments of the Body
357(2)
The Kidneys
359(2)
Interim Summary
361(1)
Drinking and Salt Appetite
361(6)
Osmometric Thirst
361(3)
Volumetric Thirst
364(2)
Food-Related Drinking
366(1)
Salt Appetite
366(1)
Interim Summary
367(1)
Brain Mechanisms of Thirst and Salt Appetite
367(5)
Neural Control of Thirst
367(4)
Neural Control of Salt Appetite
371(1)
Interim Summary
372(1)
Mechanisms of Satiety
372(3)
Drinking
372(2)
Salt Appetite
374(1)
Interim Summary
374(1)
Suggested Readings
375(1)
Ingestive Behavior: Eating
376(33)
Some Facts about Metabolism
377(4)
Absorption, Fasting, and the Two Nutrient Reservoirs
377(2)
Is Body Weight Regulated?
379(2)
Interim Summary
381(1)
What Starts a Meal?
381(7)
Social and Environmental Factors
381(1)
Dietary Selection: Responding to the Consequences
382(2)
Physiological Hunger Signals
384(3)
Interim Summary
387(1)
What Stops a Meal?
388(5)
Head Factors
388(1)
Gastric Factors
388(1)
Intestinal Factors
389(1)
Liver Factors
390(1)
Long-Term Satiety: Signals from Adipose Tissue
391(2)
Interim Summary
393(1)
Brain Mechanisms
393(8)
Brain Stem
393(1)
Hypothalamus
394(6)
Interim Summary
400(1)
Eating Disorders
401(7)
Obesity
401(4)
Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia Nervosa
405(3)
Interim Summary
408(1)
Suggested Readings
408(1)
Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms
409(42)
The Nature of Learning
410(4)
Interim Summary
414(1)
Learning and Synaptic Plasticity
414(13)
Effects of Learning on Neural Structure and Functions
414(1)
Induction of Long-Term Potentiation
415(3)
Role of NMDA Receptors
418(3)
Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity
421(4)
Long-Term Depression
425(1)
Other Forms of Long-Term Potentiation
426(1)
Role of Long-Term Potentiation in Learning
426(1)
Interim Summary
426(1)
Perceptual Learning
427(8)
Learning to Recognize Visual Stimuli
427(2)
Visual Short-Term Memory
429(3)
Auditory Learning: Role of Acetylcholine
432(2)
Interim Summary
434(1)
Classical Conditioning
435(2)
Interim Summary
436(1)
Instrumental Conditioning and Motor Learning
437(13)
Basal Ganglia
437(3)
Premotor Cortex
440(1)
Reinforcement
441(8)
Interim Summary
449(1)
Suggested Readings
450(1)
Relational Learning and Amnesia
451(26)
Human Anterograde Amnesia
452(13)
Basic Description
454(1)
Spared Learning Abilities
455(1)
Declarative and Nondeclarative Memories
456(3)
Anterograde Amnesia: Failure of Relational Learning
459(1)
Anatomy of Anterograde Amnesia
460(4)
The Role of Hippocampal Damage in Retrograde Amnesia
464(1)
Interim Summary
464(1)
Relational Learning in Laboratory Animals
465(11)
Working Memory: Remembering Places Visited
465(1)
Spatial Perception and Learning
466(1)
Place Cells in the Hippocampal Formation
467(3)
Role of Long-Term Potentiation in Hippocampal Functioning
470(1)
Modulation of Hippocampal Functions by Monoaminergic and Acetylcholinergic Inputs
471(1)
Theoretical Explanations of Hippocampal Functioning
472(3)
Interim Summary
475(1)
Suggested Readings
476(1)
Human Communication
477(32)
Speech Production and Comprehension: Brain Mechanisms
478(18)
Lateralization
479(1)
Speech Production
479(5)
Speech Comprehension
484(9)
Aphasia in Deaf People
493(1)
Lipreading
493(1)
Prosody: Rhythm, Tone, and Emphasis in Speech
494(1)
Interim Summary
495(1)
Disorders of Reading and Writing
496(12)
Relation to Aphasia
496(1)
Pure Alexia
496(3)
Toward an Understanding of Reading
499(4)
Toward an Understanding of Writing
503(1)
Developmental Dyslexias
504(3)
Interim Summary
507(1)
Suggested Readings
508(1)
Schizophrenia and the Affective Disorders
509(28)
Schizophrenia
510(15)
Description
510(1)
Heritability
511(1)
Pharmacology of Schizophrenia: The Dopamine Hypothesis
512(5)
Schizophrenia as a Neurological Disorder
517(8)
Interim Summary
525(1)
Major Affective Disorders
525(11)
Description
526(1)
Heritability
526(1)
Physiological Treatments
527(2)
Role of Monoamines
529(3)
Evidence for Brain Abnormalities
532(1)
Role of Circadian Rhythms
532(3)
Interim Summary
535(1)
Suggested Readings
536(1)
Anxiety Disorders, Autistic Disorder, and Stress Disorders
537(24)
Anxiety Disorders
538(6)
Panic Disorder
538(2)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
540(4)
Interim Summary
544(1)
Autistic Disorder
544(5)
Description
544(2)
Possible Causes
546(2)
Interim Summary
548(1)
Stress Disorders
549(11)
Physiology of the Stress Response
549(1)
Health Effects of Long-Term Stress
550(2)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
552(2)
Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
554(1)
The Coping Response
554(1)
Psychoneuroimmunology
555(4)
Interim Summary
559(1)
Suggested Readings
560(1)
Drug Abuse
561(30)
What Is Addiction?
562(3)
A Little Background
562(1)
Physical versus Psychological Addiction
563(1)
Modern Definitions of Drug Dependence
564(1)
Interim Summary
565(1)
Common Features of Addiction
565(6)
Positive Reinforcement
565(2)
Negative Reinforcement
567(1)
Tolerance and Withdrawal
568(2)
Craving and Relapse
570(1)
Interim Summary
571(1)
Commonly Abused Drugs
571(13)
Opiates
572(3)
Cocaine and Amphetamine
575(3)
Nicotine
578(1)
Alcohol and Barbiturates
579(3)
Cannabis
582(1)
Interim Summary
583(1)
Heredity and Drug Abuse
584(3)
Heritability Studies of Humans
584(2)
Animal Models of Drug Abuse
586(1)
Interim Summary
587(1)
Therapy for Drug Abuse
587(3)
Interim Summary
589(1)
Suggested Readings
590(1)
Glossary591(24)
References615(60)
Name Index675(12)
Subject Index687

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