| Reviews |
| - 'If you are looking for a different way to introduce neuroscience, this book about the mechanisms of animal behavior across many taxa will be a useful addition to your bookshelf. Zupancs book can be used alone or as a supplement just to provide the fun examples of how the nervous system regulates behavior.' - Janine M. Wotton, The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 4(1)
- 'In this text, Zupanc has followed the lead...in creating a platform from which students can be introduced to the fascinating field of neuroethology. The text is well organized...and is well written; the enthusiasm Zupanc has for the subject is readily apparent and helps to keep the reader's attention...This book successfully fills the demand for a current neuroethology text...in combination
with the material on the supplemental web site, will prove invaluable to instructors teaching this emerging field.' - Shaun D. Cain The Journal of Experimental Biology
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| Description | | - Foreward written by Theodore H Bullock, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, and one of the most prominent living neuroethologists
- An authoritative introduction to the fundamentals of behavioral neurobiology
- Assumes no background knowledge of animal behavior or neurobiology
- Describes not only the major findings in each area, but also the experimental approaches used to obtain these results
- Many of the large number of illustrations have been newly drawn for this book and are available to download free from the Online Resource Centre
- A wide range of examples and detailed case studies illuminate key ideas and concepts
- Boxes throughout the text contain essential physical and chemical background information plus biographies of past and present researchers in the field
- Summaries of key points, further reading suggestions and exercises all aid student comprehension and learning
- The author has been actively involved in teaching and research in behavioral neurobiology for nearly 20 years
| Animals often exhibit intriguing and captivating patterns of behavior, from migration and homing, to communication. But how is this behavior controlled? This new textbook introduces undergraduate students and other readers to the fascinating field of neuroethology - the study of the neurobiological processes underlying animal behavior. Written in a lively, easy to read style, and assuming no
background knowledge of animal behavior or neurobiology, this book introduces the key concepts and ideas which underpin the subject, and describes many of the key findings that have helped us to understand this intricate and elegant subject.
Beginning with a look at the history of the study of behavior, from Aristotle to recent breakthroughs and predictions for the future, the book then reviews
the ethological and neurobiological concepts that constitute the essential tools of behavioral neurobiology, before moving on to the field of neuroethology itself. In each chapter, the text not only describes the major findings in each area, but also describes the approaches used to obtain these results. Many chapters contain a detailed case study describing the research perfomed.
A key
feature of the text is the number of excellent learning aids included. Each chapter ends with a summary of key points, exercises and suggestions for further reading. Boxes are used both to provide relevant physical and chemical background information and to add additional historical interest by describing the life and work of eminent neuroethologists.
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Readership: Undergraduates taking courses in behavioral neurobiology, neuroethology or similar. Also suitable for postgraduate students taking courses in these subjects.
| Contents |
Preface
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Introduction
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The study of animal behavior: a brief history
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The tools of behavioral neurobiology
4.
Orientation of the body
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Neuronal control of motor output: swimming in toad tadpoles
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Neuronal processing of sensory information
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Sensori-motor integration: the jamming avoidance response of the weakly electric fish
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Neuromodulation: the accommodation of motivational changes in behavior
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Large-scale navigation: migration and homing
10.
Communication: transmission of information from sender to receiver
11.
Cellular mechanisms of learning and memory
References
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Günther K. H. Zupanc, Professor of Neurobiology, School of Engineering and Science, International University Bremen
Foreword by Theodore H. Bullock, University of California, San Diego
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