Neurobiology of grooming behavior
By: edited by Allan V. Kalueff, Justin L. LaPorte, Carisa L. Bergner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780521116381
Description: "Grooming is among the most evolutionary ancient and highly represented behaviors in many animal species. It represents a significant proportion of an animal's total activity and between 30-50% of their waking hours. Recent research has demonstrated that grooming is regulated by specific brain circuits and is sensitive to stress, as well as to pharmacologic compounds and genetic manipulation, making it ideal for modelling affective disorders that arise as a function of stressful environments, such as stress and post-traumatic stress disorder. Over a series of 12 chapters that introduce and explicate the field of grooming research and its significance for the human and animal brain, this book covers the breadth of grooming animal models while simultaneously providing sufficient depth in introducing the concepts and translational approaches to grooming research. Written primarily for graduates and researchers within the neuroscientific community"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Grooming, sequencing, and beyond : how it all began / M. Frances Stilwell and John C. Fentress; title: 2. Self-grooming as a form of olfactory communication in meadow voles and prairie voles (Microtus spp.) / Michael H. Ferkin and Stuart T. Leonard; title: 3. Phenotyping and genetics of rodent grooming and barbering : utility for experimental neuroscience research / Carisa L. Bergner, Amanda N. Smolinsky, Brett D. Dufour, Justin L. LaPorte, Peter C. Hart, Rupert J. Egan, and Allan V. Kalueff; title: 4. Social play, social grooming, and the regulation of social relationships / Sergio M. Pellis and Vivien C. Pellis; title: 5. Grooming syntax as a sensitive measure of the effects of subchronic PCP treatment in rats / Marie-Claude Audet and Sonia Goulet; title: 6. Modulatory effects of estrogens on grooming and related behaviours / Rachel A. Hill and Wah Chin Boon; title: 7. Lack of barbering behaviour in the phospholipase C [beta]1 mutant mouse : a model animal for schizophrenia / Hee-Sup Shin, Daesoo Kim, and Hae-Young Koh; title: 8. Grooming after cerebellar, basal ganglia, and neocortical lesions / Robert Lalonde and C. Strazielle; title: 9. Striatal implementation of action sequences and more : grooming chains, inhibitory gating, and the relative reward effect / Howard Casey Cromwell; title: 10. An ethological analysis of barbering behavior / Brett D. Dufour and Joseph P. Garner; title: 11. Should there be a category : "grooming disorders"? / Lara J. Hoppe, Jonathan Ipser, Christine Lochner, Kevin G.F. Thomas, and Dan J. Stein; title: 12. Neurobiology of trichotillomania / Srinivas Singisetti, Sam R. Chamberlain, and Naomi A. Fineberg.