Genes, brain function, and behavior what genes do, how they malfunction, and ways to repair damage / Douglas Wahlsten, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta.
| Author/creator | Wahlsten, D. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019] |
| Description | xv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Neuroscience 2019 |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | Genes, Brain Function, and Behavior offers a concise description of the nervous system that processes sensory input and initiates motor movements. It reviews how behaviors are defined and measured, and how experts decide when a behavior is perturbed and in need of treatment. Behavioral disorders that are clearly related to a defect in a specific gene are reviewed, and the challenges of understanding complex traits such as intelligence, autism and schizophrenia that involve numerous genes and environmental factors are explored. New methods of altering genes offer hope for treating or even preventing difficulties that arise in our genes. This book explains what genes are, what they do in the nervous system, and how this impacts both brain function and behavior.-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780128128336 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019933258 |
| ISBN | 9780128128329 paperback |
| ISBN | 0128128321 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |