Neurobiology of grooming behavior /

"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 b...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kalueff, Allan V., LaPorte, Justin L., Bergner, Carisa L.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Grooming behavior in animals.
Neurobiology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Grooming, sequencing, and beyond : how it all began / M. Frances Stilwell and John C. Fentress
  • 2. Self-grooming as a form of olfactory communication in meadow voles and prairie voles (Microtus spp.) / Michael H. Ferkin and Stuart T. Leonard
  • 3. Phenotyping and genetics of rodent grooming and barbering : utility for experimental neuroscience research / Carisa L. Bergner, Amanda N. Smolinsky, Brett D. Dufour, Justin L. LaPorte, Peter C. Hart, Rupert J. Egan, and Allan V. Kalueff
  • 4. Social play, social grooming, and the regulation of social relationships / Sergio M. Pellis and Vivien C. Pellis
  • 5. Grooming syntax as a sensitive measure of the effects of subchronic PCP treatment in rats / Marie-Claude Audet and Sonia Goulet
  • 6. Modulatory effects of estrogens on grooming and related behaviours / Rachel A. Hill and Wah Chin Boon
  • 7. 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
  • 8. Grooming after cerebellar, basal ganglia, and neocortical lesions / Robert Lalonde and C. Strazielle
  • 9. Striatal implementation of action sequences and more : grooming chains, inhibitory gating, and the relative reward effect / Howard Casey Cromwell
  • 10. An ethological analysis of barbering behavior / Brett D. Dufour and Joseph P. Garner
  • 11. Should there be a category : "grooming disorders"? / Lara J. Hoppe, Jonathan Ipser, Christine Lochner, Kevin G.F. Thomas, and Dan J. Stein
  • 12. Neurobiology of trichotillomania / Srinivas Singisetti, Sam R. Chamberlain, and Naomi A. Fineberg.

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