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Psychology, 5/e
Lester M. Sdorow, Arcadia University
Cheryl A. Rickabaugh, University of Redlands

Behavioral Neuroscience

For More Information On Behavioral Neuroscience

For General Works on Behavioral Neuroscience

        Beatty, J. (1995). Principles of behavioral neuroscience. Madison, WI: Brown and Benchmark.

        Kalat, J.W. (1998). Biological psychology (6th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

For More on Heredity and Behavior

        Buss, D. M. (1999). Evolutionary psychology: The new science of the mind. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

        Plomin, R., De Fried, J.C., McClearn, G.E., and Rutter, M. (1997). Behavioral genetics: A primer (3rd ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman.

For More on the Nervous System

        Brodal, P. (1998). The central nervous system: Structure and function. New York: Oxford University Press.

For More on the Endocrine System

        Nelson, R. J. (1995). An introduction to behavioral endocrinology. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer.

Pituitary Gland

        Imura, H. (Ed.). (1994). The pituitary gland (2nd ed.). New York: Raven Press.

Other Glands

        Adashi, E. Y., and Leung, P. C. (Eds.). (1994). The ovary (2nd ed.). New York: Raven.

        Bliss, M. (1984). The discovery of insulin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

        James, V. H. (1992). The adrenal gland (2nd ed.). New York: Raven Press.

        McNabb, F. M. (1992). Thyroid hormones. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

        Nieschlag, E., and Behre, H. M. (Eds.). (1990). Testosterone: Action, deficiency, and substitution. New York: Springer-Verlag.

        Ritter, M., and Crisp, N. (1992). The thymus: In focus. New York: Oxford University Press.

        Shafii, M., and Shafii, S. (1990). Biological rhythms, mood disorders, light therapy, and the pineal gland. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

        Yesalis, C. E. (Ed.). (1993). Anabolic steroids in sport and exercise. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

For More on the Neuron

Structure of the Neuron

        Kuno, M. (1995). Synapse: Function, plasticity, and neurotrophism. New York: Oxford University Press.

        Shepherd, G. M. (1991). Foundations of the neuron doctrine. New York: Oxford University Press.

Neurotransmitters

        Chafetz, M. D. (1989). Nutrition and neurotransmitters: The nutrient basis of behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Classic Neurotransmitters

        Fillenz, M. (1990). The noradrenergic neurons. New York: Cambridge University Press.

        Idzikowski, C., and Cowen, P. J. (Eds.). (1991). Serotonin, sleep, and mental disorder. New York: Taylor and Francis.

        Steriade, M., and Biesold, D. (Eds.). (1991). Brain cholinergic systems. New York: Oxford University Press.

        Willner, P., and Scheel-Kruger, J. (Eds.). (1991). The mesolimbic dopamine system. New York: Wiley.

Amino Acids

        Ascher, P., Choi, D. W., and Christen, Y. (Eds.). (1991). Glutamate, cell death, and memory. New York: Springer-Verlag.

        Biggio, G., Concas, A., and Costa, E. (Eds.). (1992). GABAergic synaptic transmission: Molecular, pharmacological, and clinical aspects. New York: Raven.

        Wheal, H., and Thomason, A. (Eds.). (1995). Excitatory amino acids and synaptic transmission. San Diego: Academic Press.

Neuropeptides

        Crawley, J.N., and McLean, S. (Eds.). (1996). Neuropeptides: Basic and clinical advances. New York: New York Academy of Sciences.

        Levinthal, C. F. (1988). Messengers of paradise: Opiates and the brain. New York: Anchor/Doubleday.

For More on the Brain

Brainstem

        Hobson, J. A., and Brazier, M. A. (Eds.). (1979). The reticular formation revisited. New York: Raven Press.

        Klemm, W. R., and Vertes, R. P. (Eds.). (1990). Brainstem mechanisms of behavior. New York: Wiley.

        Llinas, R., and Sotelo, C. (Eds.). (1992). The cerebellum revisited. New York: Springer-Verlag.

        Steriades, M., Jones, E.G., and McCormick, D.A. (Eds.). (1996). The thalamus. New York: Pergamon.

Limbic System

        Aggleton, J. P. (1992). The amygdala. New York: Wiley.

        Cohen, N. J., and Eichenbaum, H. (1993). Memory, amnesia, and the hippocampal system. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

        Doane, B. K., and Livingston, K. E. (Eds.). (1986). The limbic system: Functional organization and clinical disorders. New York: Raven Press.

        Swaab, D. F. (1992). The human hypothalamus in health and disease. New York: Elsevier.

Cerebral Cortex

        Peters, A., and Rockland, K. S. (Eds.). (1993). Cerebral cortex. New York: Plenum.

        Sacks, O. (1985). The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales. New York: Summit.

        Stern, M. B. (1971). Heads and headlines: The phrenological Fowlers. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Hemispheric Specialization

        Coren, S. (1992). The left-hander syndrome: The causes and consequences of left-handedness. New York: Free Press.

        Loring, D. W., Meador, K. J., Lee, G. P., and King, D. W. (Eds.). (1991). Amobarbital effects and lateralized brain function: The Wada test. New York: Springer-Verlag.

        Springer, S. P., and Deutsch, G. (1998). Left brain, right brain (5th ed.). New York: Freeman.

For More on Contributors to Behavioral Neuroscience

        Bowlby, J. (1991). Charles Darwin: A new life. New York: W.W. Norton.

        Cannon, D. F. (1949). Explorer of the human brain: The life of Santiago Ramon y Cajal. New York: Henry Schuman.

        Forrest, D.W. (1974). Francis Galton: The life and work of a Victorian genius. New York: Taplinger.

        Goldberg, J. R. (1984, July). The creative mind: Jerre Levy. Science Digest, pp. 44-47, 99_92.

        Hooper, J. (1982, February). Interview: Candace Pert. Omni, pp. 62-65, 110-112.

        Koenigsberger, L. (1906). Hermann von Helmholtz.Oxford, England: Clarendon..

        Lewis, J. (1982). Something hidden: A biography of Wilder Penfield. New York: Doubleday.

        Loewi, O. (1960). An autobiographic sketch. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 4, 3-25.

        Morris, A. D. (1989). James Parkinson: His life and times. New York: Birkhauser.

        Schiller, F. (1979). Paul Broca: Founder of French anthropology, explorer of the brain. Berkeley: University of California Press.