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OverviewEpigenetics and Behavior: Exploring Biological Determinants of Behavior discusses the evolutionary basis of neurodevelopmental regulation of gene expression by experience (epigenetics). While many areas of scientific inquiry have sought to understand what determines the variation in human attributes (phenotypes) that have consistent trait-like features, including anxiety or fearlessness, aggressive or non-aggressive behavior, social or antisocial behavior, charitable or miserly traits, and so forth, this book takes a comprehensive approach. Over the lifespan of a particular individual, these traits, although flexible, are often highly consistent. The nature-nurture or genes versus environment discussion is one of the longstanding arguments in all philosophical inquiry. And now, as we stand on the threshold of a complete understanding of the most fundamental question about human nature, all a result of combined empirical and theoretical advances in epigenetics which influence developmental psychobiology and evolutionary biology, the science is rapidly progressing. With the advent of epigenetics, we now have a mechanism (or mechanisms, really) to explain how this process works at a molecular level - that is, evolutionary selected mechanisms of gene-environment interactions are literally written into our genetic code. This book draws together the knowledge and ideas from the different fields that collectively have answered the nature-nurture discussion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: F. Scott Hall (Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo, MD, USA) , Maria T. G. Perona (Behavioral Biology Research Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Campus, Baltimore, MD, USA)Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc ISBN: 9780128013847ISBN 10: 0128013842 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 01 October 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Gene x Environment Interactions in Sensory and Perceptual Development 3. Gene x Environment Interactions in Intellectual Development 4. Gene x Environment Interactions in Emotional Development: Social Deprivation in Primates 5. Gene x Environment Interactions in Emotional Development: Social Deprivation in Rodents 6. Deprivation of Social Play in Rodents: Isolation Rearing 7. Isolation Housing of Adult Rodents 8. Specificity of the Effects of Early Life Experiences and the Importance of Critical Periods 9. Epigenetics 10. Evolutionary Implications of Epigenetically Mediated Neurodevelopmental ProgramsReviewsAuthor InformationDr. F. Scott Hall is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Toledo. Dr. Hall's research investigates the genetic and environmental determinants of susceptibility to addiction and related psychiatric disorders. After a B.A. from Harvard University (1987) and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1994, Dr. Hall completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. Dr. Hall joined the Molecular Neurobiology Branch at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 1999 where he led the behavioral genetics group until 2014. He has authored over a hundred scientific publications and is a fellow of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. Dr. Hall is recognized internationally as an expert in the genetic basis of addiction and the role that early social experience plays in shaping adult behavior and behavioral pathology. Behavioral Biology Research Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Campus, Baltimore, MD, USA Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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