Overview

The septal area of the brain is part of the limbic system (that part of the brain concerned with emotion) and has a role in a number of important processes such as memory, cognition, and movement. It shares some similarity with the hippocampus, yet it remains a distinct area with unique properties. This book reviews our understanding of this area and shows how it fits into the general picture of those areas of the brain concerned with modulating mammalian behavior. The chapters, written by leading figures in behavioral neuroscience, review the anatomy, neurochemistry, physiology, and behavioral relations in the septal area. There has not been a review of the septal area in book form since DeFrance's The Septal Nuclei published by Plenum 1976, and coupled with the great deal of current research shown in the related areas of hippocampus and the amygdala, this book will be of great interest to all who research the hippocampus and the amygdala in addition to the septum itself.

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Author:   Robert Numan
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:  

9780387988795

ISBN 10:   0387988793
Pages:   441
Publication Date:   17 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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From the contents: Preface; On the Basic Architecture of the Septal Region (Larry W. Swanson/Pierre-Yves Risold); Neuronal Networks that Control the Septal Pacemaker System: Synaptic Interconnections between the Septal Complex Hippocampus, Supramammillary Area and Median Raphe (Csaba Leranth/ Robert P. Vertes); Cellular Pharmacology at Synapses Within the Septal Complex (Joel P. Gallagher/ Patricia Shinnick- Gallagher/William H. Griffith); Septal Orchestration of Hippocampal Networks Dynamics (James J. Chrobak); Septal Modulation of Hippocampal Dynamics: What is the Function of the Theta Rhythm? (Michael E. Hasselmo); The Medial Septum: Node of the Ascending Brainstem Hippocampal Synchronizing Pathways (Brian H. Bland); Trans-Synaptic Mechanisms Controlling Cholinergic Neuronal Activation in the Septo- Hippocampal and nBM-Cortical Pathways: Differential Roles in Memory and Attentional Processes? (Thomas P. Durkin/Pierre Cazala/Rene Garcia); The Septal Region and Social Behavior (Teige Sheehan/ Michael Numan) The Septum and Anxiety (Dallas Treit/Janet Menard); The Septal Complex as Seen Through the Context of Fear (Peter D. Sparks/Joseph E. LeDoux); And much more....

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