Catecholamines and Behavior 1: Basic Neurobiology

Friedhoff, Arnold J.

ISBN 10: 0306384116 / ISBN 13: 9780306384110

Published by Plenum Press (a Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation), New York, 1975

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Ex University Library (Aston in Birmingham) hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume one. Slight bumps and wear to the spine ends. Stamps and light marks on the page block and a few pages. Residue on front pastedown; label on FEP. A few creased page corners towards the end. Binding is sound; all content is clear. CM.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Catecholamines and Behavior 1: Basic Neurobiology
• Publisher: Plenum Press (a Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation), New York
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306384116
• ISBN 13: 9780306384110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Neurology/The Brain

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Synopsis

The editor of these volumes has asked me to contribute a brief foreword. When I accepted this honor I suddenly became aware of the enormous progress that has taken place in this field in the 50 years since I began as a medical student, in a humble way, to take interest in the catecholamine system. At about that time some evidence was forthcoming to the effect that catecholamines were an important factor in eliciting emotional reactions, thus secondarily influencing behavior. The great physiologist Walter B. Cannon showed in his classic experiments that when a cat was exposed to a dog it responded not only with overt signs of aversion and dislike, but also with an increased flow of adrenaline from its adrenals. The relationships between catecholamines and behavior have since then become the subject of intense research by physiologists, pharmacologists, and psychologists. Infu­ sion of adrenaline in man was shown to provoke a typical pattern of emo­ tional and behavioral changes. The development of more convenient methods for the measurement of catecholamines in blood and urine led to important new findings. A close association between emotional stress and catecholamine release could be es­ tablished. This was further extended to psychiatric disorders in which characteristic disturbances in catecholamine release patterns were described.

Book Description

A comprehensive and detailed summary of the neurotransmitter substances noradrenaline and dopamine in human beings as well as in experimental animals.