Genes, brain function, and behavior what genes do, how they malfunction, and ways to repair damage /
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London :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Genes, Brain Function, and Behavior: What Genes Do, How They Malfunction, and Ways to Repair Damage; Copyright; Contents; Author Biography; Preface; Precision Medicine and Consumer genetics: The Personal Genome; Clear Questions, Different Answers, or No Answers; Authoritative Sources; References; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Levels and Explanations; Levels and Scientific Disciplines; Levels and Size; Properties and Connections; Levels and Genes; Animal Models; The Experience of Pain; Expertise and Applications; Highlights; References; Chapter 2: Genes; DNA, RNA and Protein
- Gene Names and Gene FunctionsMutation; Genotype and Phenotype; Sources of Information; Highlights; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Gene Expression; Inside and Outside the Nucleus; Gene Expression; Suppression of Gene Expression; Early Experience and Lasting Changes; Learning and Memory; Transgenerational Effects of Environment; Genes, Environment, Other; RNA Genes; Beyond Dichotomies; Heredity; A Gut Feeling About Heredity; Definitions Used in This Book; Highlights; References; Chapter 4: The Nervous System; Gross Anatomy and Art; Parts of the Brain; Neurons; Complexity
- Generate the IQ ScoreExample-Hypothetical; Changing Standards; The SAT; Tests With No Standards; Clinical Interview and Diagnosis; Comparing Systems; Agreement Between Psychiatrists; The Interview; Changing Criteria and Categories; DSM Critiques-Internal; DSM Critiques-External; Steps Toward New Diagnostic Systems; Conclusions; Highlights; References; Chapter 7: Single-Gene and Chromosomal Disorders; Alleles; Genetic Transmission; The Relation of Genotype to Phenotype: Gene Expression; Recessive Expression; Dominant Expression; Multiple Alleles, Genotypes, and Phenotypes; Instructive Examples
- Synaptic Competition and RefinementEarly Visual Experience and Critical Periods; Highlights; References; Chapter 6: Behavior; Kinds of Tests and Measures; The Quest for Natural Behavior; Unobtrusive Observations; Physical Measures; Self-report; Self-ratings for Preliminary Screening; Rating by a Parent or Friend; Rating by a Trained Observer; Multiple-Choice Items; Diagnosis by a Professional; Behaviors Vs Psychological Constructs; Goals of Testing and Applications of Test Scores; Standardized Psychological Tests; Choice of Test Items; Standardization; Statistical Transformation
- Synaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitters; Gene Expression in Brain; Sensory Input; Smell or Olfaction; Pheromones; Ligands; Taste; Touch; Nociception; Pain; Motor Output; Functions and Systems; Highlights; References; Chapter 5: Development; The Early Embryo; Rapid Transformations; Gene Expression; Extreme Phenotypic Plasticity; Emergence of the Nervous System; Early Gene Expression; Induction of Nervous System; HOX and the Head-Tail Axis; Making Connections; Axon Outgrowth and Path Finding; Synapse Formation; Plasticity of Development; Cell Death and Axon Pruning