Neurobiology of grooming behavior / edited by Allan V. Kalueff, Justin L. LaPorte, Carisa L. Bergner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kalueff, Allan V.

LaPorte, Justin L.

Bergner, Carisa L.

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grooming behavior in animals.

Neurobiology.

Physical Description:

xv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

"Grooming is among the most evolutionary ancient and highly represented behaviors in many animal species. It represents a significant proportion of an animal's total activity and between 30-50% of their waking hours. Recent research has demonstrated that grooming is regulated by specific brain circuits and is sensitive to stress, as well as to pharmacologic compounds and genetic manipulation, making it ideal for modelling affective disorders that arise as a function of stressful environments, such as stress and post-traumatic stress disorder. Over a series of 12 chapters that introduce and explicate the field of grooming research and its significance for the human and animal brain, this book covers the breadth of grooming animal models while simultaneously providing sufficient depth in introducing the concepts and translational approaches to grooming research. Written primarily for graduates and researchers within the neuroscientific community"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Grooming, sequencing, and beyond : how it all began / M. Frances Stilwell and John C. Fentress

Self-grooming as a form of olfactory communication in meadow voles and prairie voles (Microtus spp.) / Michael H. Ferkin and Stuart T. Leonard

Phenotyping and genetics of rodent grooming and barbering : utility for experimental neuroscience research / Carisa L. Bergner... [et al.]

Social play, social grooming, and the regulation of social relationships / Sergio M. Pellis and Vivien C. Pellis

Grooming syntax as a sensitive measure of the effects of subchronic PCP treatment in rats / Marie-Claude Audet and Sonia Goulet

Modulatory effects of estrogens on grooming and related behaviours / Rachel A. Hill and Wah Chin Boon

Lack of barbering behaviour in the phospholipase C [beta]1 mutant mouse : a model animal for schizophrenia / Hee-Sup Shin, Daesoo Kim, and Hae-Young Koh

Grooming after cerebellar, basal ganglia, and neocortical lesions / Robert Lalonde and C. Strazielle

Striatal implementation of action sequences and more : grooming chains, inhibitory gating, and the relative reward effect / Howard Casey Cromwell

An ethological analysis of barbering behavior / Brett D. Dufour and Joseph P. Garner

Should there be a category : "grooming disorders"? / Lara J. Hoppe... [et al.]

Neurobiology of trichotillomania / Srinivas Singisetti, Sam R. Chamberlain, and Naomi A. Fineberg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0521116384

9780521116381

OCLC:

449825511

Publisher Number:

99948221556