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Behavioral Neuroscience of Motivation

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  1. Eleanor H. Simpson

    1. New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

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  2. Peter D. Balsam

    1. Barnard College, Columbia University Barnard College, New York, USA

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  • The most comprehensive and up to date book covering the neurobiology of motivation

  • The neurobiology of motivation in both health and disease will be equally covered by including research findings from healthy subjects, humans and other animals, as well as research involving clinical patients and animal models of disease processes

  • Focus on translational crossover provided by clinical and pre-clinical researchers in the field

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (CTBN, volume 27)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. Regulation of the Motivation to Eat

    • Stephen C. Woods, Denovan P. Begg
    Pages 15-34

  4. Sexual Motivation in the Female and Its Opposition by Stress

    • Ana Maria Magariños, Donald Pfaff
    Pages 35-49

  5. Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and the Motivational Forces that Drive Social Behaviors

    • Heather K. Caldwell, H. Elliott Albers
    Pages 51-103

  6. Roles of “Wanting” and “Liking” in Motivating Behavior: Gambling, Food, and Drug Addictions

    • M. J. F. Robinson, A. M. Fischer, A. Ahuja, E. N. Lesser, H. Maniates
    Pages 105-136

  7. Circadian Insights into Motivated Behavior

    • Michael C. Antle, Rae Silver
    Pages 137-169

  8. The Neural Foundations of Reaction and Action in Aversive Motivation

    • Vincent D. Campese, Robert M. Sears, Justin M. Moscarello, Lorenzo Diaz-Mataix, Christopher K. Cain, Joseph E. LeDoux
    Pages 171-195

  10. Mesolimbic Dopamine and the Regulation of Motivated Behavior

    • John D. Salamone, Marta Pardo, Samantha E. Yohn, Laura López-Cruz, Noemí SanMiguel, Mercè Correa
    Pages 231-257

  13. The Computational Complexity of Valuation and Motivational Forces in Decision-Making Processes

    • A. David Redish, Nathan W. Schultheiss, Evan C. Carter
    Pages 313-333

  15. Motivational Deficits and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: Concepts and Assessments

    • L. Felice Reddy, William P. Horan, Michael F. Green
    Pages 357-373

  19. Motivational Processes Underlying Substance Abuse Disorder

    • Paul J. Meyer, Christopher P. King, Carrie R. Ferrario
    Pages 473-506

  20. Skewed by Cues? The Motivational Role of Audiovisual Stimuli in Modelling Substance Use and Gambling Disorders

    • Michael M. Barrus, Mariya Cherkasova, Catharine A. Winstanley
    Pages 507-529
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About this book

This volume covers the current status of research in the neurobiology of motivated behaviors in humans and other animals in healthy condition. This includes consideration of the psychological processes that drive motivated behavior and the anatomical, electrophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms which drive these processes and regulate behavioural output. The volume also includes chapters on pathological disturbances in motivation including apathy, or motivational deficit as well as addictions, the pathological misdirection of motivated behavior. As with the chapters on healthy motivational processes, the chapters on disease provide a comprehensive up to date review of the neurobiological abnormalities that underlie motivation, as determined by studies of patient populations as well as animal models of disease. The book closes with a section on recent developments in treatments for motivational disorders.
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Keywords

  • addiction
  • apathy
  • depression
  • incentive motivation
  • schizophrenia
  • psychopharmacology
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Editors and Affiliations

  • New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

    Eleanor H. Simpson

  • Barnard College, Columbia University Barnard College, New York, USA

    Peter D. Balsam

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