Hormones and Human Behaviour

This 1985 book provides an account of knowledge concerning the influence of hormones on human behaviour, largely from a physiological point of view.

Bernard T. Donovan (Author)

9780521283212, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 November 2011

232 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.35 kg

Originally published in 1985, Hormones and Human Behaviour provides an account of knowledge concerning the influence of hormones on human behaviour, largely from a physiological point of view. The topics covered include the control of eating, drinking, sexual behaviour, emotional behaviour, learning and memory, as well as the ways in which psychiatric states may affect these activities, and in which hormones may alter mental function. Thus the book will be of interest to those working in the behavioural sciences and psychiatry, as well as to those studying for specialist qualifications in psychological medicine.

Preface
1. Introduction and overview
2. The pituitary gland and behaviour: the neurohypophysis
3. The anterior pituitary gland and behaviour
4. Neurotransmitters and endocrine function
5. Cellular mechanisms of hormone action
6. Patterns in hormone secretion
7. Hormones and brain development
8. Hormones and male sexual behaviour
9. Hormones and aggression
10. Hormones and the control of food intake
11. Hormones and emotion
12. Hormones and learning and memory
13. What next?
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH]