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  • Donald Pfaff
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How the Vertebrate Brain Regulates Behavior
This chapter is in the book How the Vertebrate Brain Regulates Behavior
© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Hormone Receptors 8
  5. 2. Discovering the Neural Circuit for a Vertebrate Behavior Essential to Reproduction 40
  6. 3. Hormonal Regulation of Gene Expression in the Brain 79
  7. 4. Genes Regulating Behavior 128
  8. 5. Neuropeptide: Gonadotropin- Releasing Hormone 158
  9. 6. Neuropeptide: Oxytocin 179
  10. 7. Brain– Body Relations 195
  11. 8. Central Nervous System Arousal Fueling Instinctive Behaviors 215
  12. 9. Sex Difference 227
  13. 10. Summary 238
  14. Acknowledgments 249
  15. Index 251
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674978751-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Hormone Receptors 8
  5. 2. Discovering the Neural Circuit for a Vertebrate Behavior Essential to Reproduction 40
  6. 3. Hormonal Regulation of Gene Expression in the Brain 79
  7. 4. Genes Regulating Behavior 128
  8. 5. Neuropeptide: Gonadotropin- Releasing Hormone 158
  9. 6. Neuropeptide: Oxytocin 179
  10. 7. Brain– Body Relations 195
  11. 8. Central Nervous System Arousal Fueling Instinctive Behaviors 215
  12. 9. Sex Difference 227
  13. 10. Summary 238
  14. Acknowledgments 249
  15. Index 251
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