Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience 1-3/3 Bde.

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-08-044732-2
Verlag: Elsevier LTD, Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 1816 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 304 mm, Gewicht: 6101 g

Behavioral Neuroscientists study the behavior of animals and humans and the neurobiological and physiological processes that control it. Behavior is the ultimate function of the nervous system, and the study of it is very multidisciplinary. Disorders of behavior in humans touch millions of people's lives significantly, and it is of paramount importance to understand pathological conditions such as addictions, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, autism among others, in order to be able to develop new treatment possibilities.

Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience is the first and only multi-volume reference to comprehensively cover the foundation knowledge in the field. This three volume work is edited by world renowned behavioral neuroscientists George F. Koob, The Scripps Research Institute, Michel Le Moal, Université Bordeaux, and Richard F. Thompson, University of Southern California and written by a premier selection of the leading scientists in their respective fields. Each section is edited by a specialist in the relevant area. The important research in all areas of Behavioral Neuroscience is covered in a total of 210 chapters on topics ranging from neuroethology and learning and memory, to behavioral disorders and psychiatric diseases.



- The only comprehensive Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience on the market
- Addresses all recent advances in the field
- Written and edited by an international group of leading researchers, truly representative of the behavioral neuroscience community
- Includes many entries on the advances in our knowledge of the neurobiological basis of complex behavioral, psychiatric, and neurological disorders
- Richly illustrated in full color
- Extensively cross referenced to serve as the go-to reference for students and researchers alike
- The online version features full searching, navigation, and linking functionality
- An essential resource for libraries serving neuroscientists, psychologists, neuropharmacologists, and psychiatrists

Zielgruppe

<p>Students and researchers in the fields of Neuroscience, neuropharmacology, psychiatry and physiological psychology.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Koob, George F.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Encyclopedia includes 210 chapters in total across several sections of Behavioral Neuroscience. Sections include:

Animal models of Behavior - Edited by Dai Stephens Behavioral Genetics - Edited by Diana Woodruf-Pak Brain Aging - Edited by Diana Woodruf-Pak Brain Disorders - Edited by Francis Eustache Cognitive Neuroscience - Edited by Russell Poldrack Drugs of Abuse - Edited by Freidbert Weiss Emotional Behavior - Edited by Robert Blanchard Ethology and Neuroethology - Edited by Bernard Thierry Learning and Memory - Edited by Jeansok Kim Motivation - Edited by Rick Bevins Non-Drug Addiction - Edited by Marc Potenza Psychoneuroendocrinology - Edited by Robert Dantzer Reproductive Behavior - Edited by Elizabeth Adkins-Regan Sensation/Perception - Edited by Andre Nieoullon Sleep and Waking - Edited by Allan Hobson Stress - Edited by Tracy L Bale Synaptic Plasticity - Edited by Tracey Shors

Über Autor(innen)

Koob, George F.
George F. Koob, Ph.D., received his Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and his Ph.D. in Behavioral Physiology from The Johns Hopkins University. He was recently appointed (in 2014) as Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (currently on a leave of absence as Professor at The Scripps Research Institute, Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, and Adjunct Professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego). As an authority on drug addiction and stress, he has contributed to our understanding of the neurocircuitry associated with the acute reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse and the neuroadaptations of the reward and stress circuits associated with the transition to dependence. Dr. Koob has published over 780 scientific papers. In collaboration with Dr. Michel Le Moal, he wrote the renowned book Neurobiology of Addiction (Elsevier, 2006). He was previously Director of the NIAAA Alcohol Research Center at The Scripps Research Institute, Consortium Coordinator for NIAAA's multi-center Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism, and Co-Director of the Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research. He has trained 75 postdoctoral fellows and 11 predoctoral fellows. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior and Senior Editor for Journal of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Koob taught for 35 years in the Psychology Department at the University of California San Diego, including courses such as Drugs Addiction and Mental Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders, courses that regularly matriculated 400-500 students each. He also taught Contemporary Topics in Central Nervous System Pharmacology at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCSD for 9 years.

Dr. Koob's research interests have been directed at the neurobiology of emotion, with a focus on the theoretical constructs of reward and stress. He has made contributions to our understanding of the anatomical connections of the emotional systems and the neurochemistry of emotional function. Dr. Koob has identified afferent and efferent connections of the basal forebrain (extended amygdala) in the region of the nucleus accumbens, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and central nucleus of the amygdala in motor activation, reinforcement mechanisms, behavioral responses to stress, drug self-administration, and the neuroadaptation associated with drug dependence.

Dr. Koob also is one of the world's authorities on the neurobiology of drug addiction. He has contributed to our understanding of the neurocircuitry associated with the acute reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse and more recently on the neuroadaptations of these reward circuits associated with the transition to dependence. He has validated key animal models for dependence associated with drugs of abuse and has begun to explore a key role of anti-reward systems in the development of dependence.

Dr. Koob's work with the neurobiology of stress includes the characterization of behavioral functions in the central nervous system for catecholamines, opioid peptides, and corticotropin-releasing factor. Corticotropin-releasing factor, in addition to its classical hormonal functions in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, is also located in extrahypothalamic brain structures and may have an important role in brain emotional function. Recent use of specific corticotropin-releasing factor antagonists suggests that endogenous brain corticotropin-releasing factor may be involved in specific behavioral responses to stress, the psychopathology of anxiety and affective disorders, and drug addiction.