Central Neural States Relating Sex and Pain

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8018-6827-6
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Advances in Systems Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Hormones strongly influence and even "drive" certain primitive behaviors. In Central Neural States Relating Sex and Pain, Richard J. Bodnar, Kathryn Commons, and Donald W. Pfaff examine hormonal, neural, and genetic mechanisms of reproductive, pain-sensing, and pain-inhibitory systems. The authors show that there are remarkable neuroanatomical, biochemical, and functional overlaps among these systems. They consider sensory inputs triggering both classes of behaviors and focus on the role of sex hormones in modulating both forms of behavior. Sex hormones acting in different regions of the brain not only energize reproductive behaviors but also modulate opioid-dependent pain-inhibitory pathways. The authors also summarize some intriguing gender differences in hormone actions and responsivity to pain.

The clinical implications of this field of research are numerous. Central Neural States Relating Sex and Pain will appeal to anyone interested in new ways of looking at behavioral dispositions as they are influenced by specific genetic, neural, and hormonal states.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bodnar, Richard J

Commons, Kathryn Grace

Pfaff, Donald W

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Foreword
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Part I. Requirement for Motivational State Concepts
A. Physics, Brain, and Behavior
B. Motivation in Its Generalized and Specific Aspects
C. Motivation for Females to Seek Males
D. Hypothalamic and Preoptic Mechanisms Involved in Two Types of Motivational Change
E. Summary
Part II. Ascending Arousal Systems Activated
A. Ascending Reticular Activating Systems
B. Structure of Arousal States
C. Application to Sexual Behavior
D. Clinical Observations on Human Awareness and Arousal
E. Mood
F. Summary
Part III. Descending Systems: The Importance of Opioid Peptides and Analgesia
A. Opioid Peptides in Pain and Analgesia
B. Analgesia Induced by Stress and Environmental Variables
C. Hormonal Control of the Enkephalin Gene: One Paradox and Three Solutions
D. Intimate Relations among Inhibitory Systems
E. Hypothalamic Projections
F. Gender Differences in Analgesia
G. Pain and Sex: Similarity of Reproductive Behavior and Analgesia - Ascending and Descending Pathways
H. Summary
Part IV. Inferences and Arguments
A. Gene/Behavior Relationships: Application to Opioid Peptides
B. Biological Importance of the Relations among Sex, Arousal, and Analgesia
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pfaff, Donald W
Donald W. Pfaff is professor and head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at the Rockefeller University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Bodnar, Richard J
Richard J. Bodnar is professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Queens College of the City University of New York.

Commons, Kathryn Grace
Kathryn Commons is a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at the Rockefeller University.

Richard J. Bodnar is professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Queens College of the City University of New York. Kathryn Commons is a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at the Rockefeller University. Donald W. Pfaff is professor and head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at the Rockefeller University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.