A review of our understanding of this area of the brain, showing how it fits into the general picture of those areas concerned with modulating mammalian behavior. The chapters, all written by leading figures in behavioral neuroscience, discuss the anatomy, neurochemistry, physiology, and behavioral relations in the septal area. Due to 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 those who research the hippocampus and the amygdala in addition to the septum itself.
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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....
