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Behavioral Neurobiology: An integrative approach (3rd edition)
Behavioral Neurobiology: An integrative approach (3rd edition)

Behavioral Neurobiology: An integrative approach (3rd edition)

Author: 
Gunther Zupanc
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Animals often exhibit intriguing and captivating patterns of behavior, from migration and homing, to communication. But how is this behavior controlled? Behavioral Neurobiology introduces undergraduate students and other readers to the fascinating field of neuroethology - the study of the neurobiological processes underlying animal behavior. Written in a lively, easy to read style, it examines the key concepts and ideas which underpin this intricate and elegant subject, and describes many of the ground-breaking discoveries that have helped us to unravel the mechanisms behind the behaviors we can observe.

Beginning with a look at the history of the study of behavior, from Aristotle to recent breakthroughs and predictions for the future, the book then reviews the ethological and neurobiological concepts that constitute the essential tools of behavioral neurobiology, before moving on to the field of neuroethology itself. In each chapter, the text not only describes the major findings in each area, but also the methods used to obtain these results.

Index: 

1 Introduction
2 Fundamentals of neurobiology
3 The study of animal behavior and its neural basis: a brief history
4 Orienting movements
5 Active orientation and localization
6 Neuronal control of motor output
7 Neuronal processing of sensory information
8 Sensorimotor integration
9 Neuromodulation: the accommodation of motivational changes in behavior
10 Circadian rhythms and biological clocks
11 Large-scale navigation: migration and homing
12 Communication
13 Cellular mechanisms of learning and memory

About the author: 

Over the last 30 years, Gunther Zupanc has acquired intensive research and teaching experience in the following four academic systems: the American system through his graduate study and postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Diego (1987-1992), and numerous research visits; the Canadian system through many research visits and a Visiting Professorship at the University of Ottawa (1994-1997); the German system though his studies in biology and physics at the University of Regensburg (1979-1987), as well as his work as a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen (1992-1997); and the British system, as a Senior Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Manchester from 1997 to 2002. Gunther K.H. Zupanc is Professor in the Department of Biology of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Product details

ISBN : 9780198738725

Author: 
Gunther Zupanc
Pages
376 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
195 x 265 mm
Pub date
Nov 2018
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Behavioral Neurobiology: An integrative approach (3rd edition)

Behavioral Neurobiology: An integrative approach (3rd edition)

Behavioral Neurobiology: An integrative approach (3rd edition)