Behavioral Neuroscience 8th Edition

With the ever-advancing technology and state of art research in the world of modern medicine, what has been described as " Biological Psychiatry " may be more appropriately referred to as " Behavioral Neuroscience. " Over the most recent decades, scientists and research pioneers have attempted to better understand the underlying mechanisms of behavior and its relationship to neuronal structure and function. Behavioral neuroscientists use three approaches to understand the relationship between brain and behavior: somatic intervention, behavioral interventions , and correlation – all of which are introduced and explained in the text. In Behavioral Neuroscience, 8 th Edition, the authors have organized a text with the requisite fundamental knowledge of neuroscience and its relationship to behavioral patterns. New findings have been included with a succinct, detailed, well-delineated structure. Six-hundred newer literature sources and over 1,300 new links pertaining to behavioral neuroscience from the past couple of years are cited in this edition. The contents of Behavioral Neuroscience are organized in a coherent and thoughtful manner. The text is divided into six parts with more specific chapters therein, I introduces the fundamental groundwork for the latter sections and describes neuroanatomy, intrinsic hormone functioning, and neurophysiology. Part II focuses on the developmental stages of the brain and consequent related behavioral pattern changes throughout the life span. Part III addresses perception and behavioral activation with emphasis on general principles of sensory processing, sensations, motor control, and plasticity. Part IV details the intrinsic regulatory function such as the hormonal and neural basis of sexuality, internal homeostasis, and other biological rhythms. Part V explores the biological basis of some pathological behaviors and related bio-physiological changes in emotions, and effects on stress and aggression levels. Part VI details and discusses the association of neurophysiology with higher executive functions such as learning and memory, attention and higher cognition, and language and lateralization. Innovative new findings are well-integrated and described throughout the text. For example, Chapter 2 highlights the growing concerns that the algorithms guiding fMRI analysis may be faulty and compares different types of functional brain imaging. Chapter 7 reviews new brain scanning methods to visualize tau pathology as well as amyloid for screening for Alzheimer's disease. Chapter 13 contains a discussion of new evidence that long-lasting metabolic changes work against permanent weight loss and for the intrigued reader, even provides an in-depth introduction of Fecal Microbiota Transplant. Chapter 17 outlines the growing consensus for a …