Behrendt, Ralf-Peter
This book is for readers who are knowledgeable about the neurosciences and curious about brain mechanisms that produce normal and pathological social behaviour. It is a reference work that presents and reviews facts and recent findings that need to be accounted for within a coherent neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of social behaviour.
Introduction -- Conceptual framework -- Hypthalamo-periaqueductal system -- Basolateral and extended amygdala -- Septohippocampal system -- Lateral frontoparietal networks -- Prefrontal cortex (medial and orbital) -- Basal ganglia -- Syntheses
Focuses on the constituent elements of human social behaviour and personality - such as aggression, avoidance, anxiety, and reward seeking. This book includes a discussion of the various brain structures and regulatory mechanisms. It also reviews advances in biological psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience.
