Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xviii, 342 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm

Subject

1. Neuroethology
2. Animal behavior
3. Comparative neurobiology
4. Ethology
5. Behavior, Animal > physiology
6. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
7. Neurobiologie
8. Ethologie

Contents

1. Neuroethology : the synthesis of neurobiology and ethology -- Choosing the right level of simplicity -- Quantifying behavior : a prerequisite for neuroethological research -- Finding the right model system -- The study of animal behavior : a brief history -- The roots of the study of animal behavior -- Aristotle and the Middle Ages -- Mind-body dualism -- The new era in the study of animal behavior -- Evolutionary theory and comparative approaches -- Experimental and objective approaches -- The rise of ethology -- Mechanistic schools -- Relating neuronal activity to behavior: the establishment of neuroethology -- The beginnings -- The breakthroughs -- The future -- The tools and concepts of behavioral neurobiology -- Neurobiology : basic concepts and experimental approaches -- Cell theory versus reticular theory -- Neurons and nervous systems -- Synapses -- Resting potential -- Generation of action potentials -- Conduction of action potentials -- Synaptic potentials and synaptic transmitters -- Sensory systems -- Elucidation of neuronal connections -- Localization of tissue constituents -- Immunohistochemistry -- In situ hybridization -- Selective elimination of cells -- Ethology : basic concepts and experimental approaches -- Sign stimuli and releasing mechanisms -- Supernormal stimuli -- Law of heterogenous summation -- Gestalt principle -- Importance of condition of recipient -- Motivational effect of releaser -- Communication -- Spatial orientation and sensory guidance -- Classification of orienting movements.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-313) and index.