The neuropsychology of anxiety : an enquiry into the function of the septo-hippocampal system / Jeffrey A. Gray and Neil McNaughton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Jeffrey Alan.

Contributor:

McNaughton, Neil, 1947-

Series:

Oxford psychology series ; no. 33.

Oxford psychology series ; no. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anxiety--Physiological aspects.

Anxiety.

Neuropsychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (443 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edition draws on data from the ethology of defense learning theory, anxiety disorders, the psychopharmacology of anti-anxiety drugs and amnesia to present a theory of anxiety and the brain systems, especially the septo-hippocampal system that subserve it.

Contents:

Preface to the paperback edition; Preface; CONTENTS; 1 OVERVIEW; Starting points for the neuropsychology of anxiety; Fear versus anxiety; The hierarchical defence system; The amygdala; The septo-hippocampal system; What is the septo-hippocampal system?; What does the septo-hippocampal system do?; A common computational core for septo-hippocampal function-Mark 1; A common computational core for septo-hippocampal function-Mark 2; The role of other brain regions; Conclusion; 2 ETHOLOGY AND ANXIETY; Ethoexperimental analysis; Ethopharmacological analysis

The ethology and ethopharmacology of anxiety and fearSome terminological problems; 3 LEARNING THEORY AND ANXIETY; Two-process theories of learning; Elicited reactions in learning experiments; The behavioural inhibition system revisited; Conclusions; 4 THE ANXIOLYTIC DRUGS; What are the anxiolytic drugs?; Clinical usage; The classical anxiolytics; Buspirone, ipsapirone; Clomipramine and obsessive-compulsive disorder; Beta-blockers; Clinical actions of the anxiolytics-a summary; Bridging the species gap; The behavioural effects of anxiolytic drugs in animals; Anxiolytic action-some conclusions

5 A THEORY OF THE BEHAVIOURAL INHIBITION SYSTEMEvolution, anxiety, and rules of thumb-the search for the behavioural inhibition system; Behavioural inhibition and rules of thumb; 6 THE NEUROLOGY OF ANXIETY; The periaqueductal grey, fight, flight, and freezing; The medial hypothalamus and escape; The amygdala; The defence system-integration; Interim conclusions; Comparison between the septal, hippocampal, and anxiolytic syndromes; The effects of lesions of the noradrenergic and serotonergic systems; The cholinergic system; The prefrontal cortex and cingulate cortex; The prefrontal cortex

The cingulate cortexOverview of prefrontal and cingulate cortex; Prefrontal and cingulate cortex and anxiety; Conclusions; 7 HIPPOCAMPAL PLACE FIELDS; Single-unit responses: non-spatial tasks; Single-unit responses: correlations with spatial position; The relation between spatial fields and head direction fields; Space, discrimination, classical conditioning, and habituation; Path integration; Topographic mapping of single cell fields; Conclusion; 8 MEMORY AND THE SEPTO-HIPPOCAMPAL SYSTEM; Human versus animal amnesia; The hippocampus as the crucial site for amnesic deficits; Types of memory

The effects of delayThe role of context; A preliminary theory of hippocampal amnesia; Relational memory; Configural memory; Semantic encoding; Recognition memory; Working memory; Temporal buffer; Spatial memory; Interference: some Initial comments; The role of the hippocampal formation in memory; 9 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE SEPTO-HIPPOCAMPAL SYSTEM; Anxiolytics and the septo-hippocampal system-an overview; The defence system; The motor/working memory system; The 'emotion' system; General approach to the septo-hippocampal system; The anatomy of the septo-hippocampal system; Long-term memory

Role of the septo-hippocampal system in sensory processing

Notes:

This ed. originally published: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-418) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-154563-5

1-4237-0095-3

OCLC:

319064512