Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is based on presentations at an interdisciplinary conference on The Chemistry of Mood, Motivation and Memory which was held at the University of California, San Francisco in October, 1971. Professor of Psychology University of California at San Diego La Jolla, California Edward Glassman, Ph.D.
Table of ContentsSexual Motivation.- Gonadal Hormones, The Nervous System and behavior.- Neuroendocrine and Anatomical Correlates of Atypical Sexuality.- Steroid Hormones and the Chemistry of behavior.- Sexual Motivation.- Mood and Psychoses.- Brain Catecholamines, Affective States and Memory.- Noradrenergic Reward Mechanisms, Recovery of Function, and Schizophrenia.- Some Macromolecular Mechanisms in Central Nervous System Neurotransmitter Pharmacology and Their Psychobiological Organization.- The Neurobiology of Mood and Psychoses.- Memory.- The Effect of Short Experiences on the Incorporation of Radioactive Phosphate into Acid-Extractable Nuclear Proteins of Rat Brain.- Further Studies on Memory Formation in the Goldfish.- The Cholinergic Synapse and the Site of Memory.- Slow Biological Processes in Memory Storage and “Recovery” of Memory.- Discussion.
