Progress in Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology

Contents

Preface v

Carbohydrates Do Not Always Produce Satiety: An Explanation of the Appetite and Hunger-Stimulating Effects of Hexoses

I. Introduction

II. Mayer's Glucostatic Theory of Hunger

III. Previous Research Leading to the Hypothesis That Carbohydrates Can Stimulate Appetite and Hunger

IV. Recent Studies of the Role of Carbohydrates in Stimulating Appetite and Hunger

V. Summary and Conclusions

References

How Running Accelerates Growth

I. Introduction

II. Discovery of the Phenomenon

III. Hormonal Manifestations of Growth

IV. Nutritional Support for the Growth

V. Search for Brain Circuitry

VI. Ecological Perspective: Biological Significance of Voluntary Running

VII. Life Span Perspective: Exercise and the Neuroendocrine Clock for Aging

VIII. Neuroendocrine Consequences of Exercise: Implications for Running Humans

References

Limbic—Motor Integration

I. Introduction

II. Classical Examples of Limbic Influence on Behavior

III. Axonal Tracer Studies of Limbic-Motor Connections

IV. The Mesencephalic Locomotor Region

V. Functional Studies

VI. A Dopamine "Gating" Mechanism

VII. Limbic-Motor Integration: Future Prospects

VIII. Summary

References

Brain Monoaminergic Unit Activity in Behaving Animals

I. Introduction

II. Serotonergic (5HT) Neurons

III. Noradrenergic (NE) Neurons

IV. Dopaminergic (DA) Neurons

V. Discussion

References

Neurobiology of an Attribute Model of Memory

I. Introduction

II. Attribute Model of Memory: Psychological Aspects

III. Attribute Model of Memory: Neural Aspects

IV. Data-Based Memory System

V. Expectancy-Based Memory System

VI. Dynamic Aspects

VII. Summary

References

Index