Behavioral Neuroscience

S. Marc Breedlove, the Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University, US, has written over 100 scientific articles investigating the role of hormones in shaping the developing and adult nervous system, publishing in journals including Science, Nature, Nature Neuroscience, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Neil V. Watson is Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He teaches biological psychology to hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students each year.

1. Behavioral Neuroscience: Scope and Outlook.- 2. Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System and Behavior.- 3. Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals.- 4. The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology.- 5. Hormones and the Brain.- 6. Evolution of the Brain and Behavior.- 7. Life-Span Development of the Brain and Behavior.- 8. General Principles of Sensory Processing, Touch, and Pain.- 9. Hearing, Vestibular Perception, Taste, and Smell.- 10. Vision: From Eye to Brain.- 11. Motor Control and Plasticity.- 12. Sex: Evolutionary, Hormonal, and Neural Bases.- 13. Homeostasis: Active Regulation of the Internal Environment.- 14. Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming.- 15. Emotions, Aggression, and Stress.- 16. Psychopathology: Biological Basis of Behavioral Disorders.- 17. Learning and Memory18. Attention and Higher Cognition.- 19. Language and Lateralization.- Appendix.