Behavioural Neuroscience

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Seán ComminsCambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 4/12/2018EAN 9781107104501, ISBN10: 1107104505Hardcover, 232 pages, 25.4 x 19.3 x 1.5 cmLanguage: EnglishBrain and behav iour are intrinsically linked. Animals demonstrate a huge and complex repertoire of behaviours, so how can specific behaviours be mapped onto the complicated neural circuits of the brain? Highlighting the extraordinary advances that have been made in the field of behavioural neuroscience over recent decades, this book examines how behaviours can be understood in terms of their neural mechanisms. Each chapter outlines the components of a particular behaviour, discussing laboratory techniques, the key brain structures involved, and the underpinning cellular and molecular mechanisms. Commins covers a range of topics including learning in a simple invertebrate, fear conditioning, taste aversion, sound localization, and echolocation in bats, as well as more complex behaviours, such as language development, spatial navigation and circadian rhythms. Demonstrating key processes through clear, step-by-step explanations and numerous illustrations, this will be valuable reading for students of zoology, animal behaviour, psychology, and neuroscience.Preface1. Neurons and neural communication2. An introduction to the brain3. Neuroscientific methods4. Examination of animal behaviourgeneral principles and techniques5. Habituation and sensitisation in the Aplysia6. Classical conditioning in the Aplysia7. Long-term synaptic plasticity in mammals Ilong-term potentiation (LTP)8. Long-term synaptic plasticity in mammals IIlong-term depression (LTD)9. Eye-blink conditioning10. Fear conditioning11. Taste aversion12. Sound localisation13. Bat echolocation14. Spatial navigation15. Birdsong learning16. Circadian rhythmsIndex. Show more