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.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Author Biography - p. ix 6. Preface - p. xi 7. Acknowledgments - p. xv 8. Chapter 1: Levels and Explanations - p. xv 9. Chapter 2: Genes - p. 8 10. Chapter 3: Gene Expression - p. 18 11. Chapter 4: The Nervous System - p. 30 12. Chapter 5: Development - p. 50 13. Chapter 6: Behavior - p. 65 14. Chapter 7: Single-Gene and Chromosomal Disorders - p. 82 15. Chapter 8: Phenylketonuria (PKU) - p. 90 16. Chapter 9: Huntington Disease - p. 103 17. Chapter 10: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) - p. 114 18. Chapter 11: Leber's Optic Neuropathy - p. 127 19. Chapter 12: Down Syndrome - p. 136 20. Chapter 13: The XYY Male - p. 147 21. Chapter 14: Complex Traits - p. 158 22. Chapter 15: Intelligence - p. 172 23. Chapter 16: Autism - p. 195 24. Chapter 17: Schizophrenia - p. 210 25. Chapter 18: Sexuality and Gender - p. 233 26. Chapter 19: Race - p. 250 27. Chapter 20: The Future - p. 267 28. Index - p. 279
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.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Author Biography - p. ix 6. Preface - p. xi 7. Acknowledgments - p. xv 8. Chapter 1: Levels and Explanations - p. xv 9. Chapter 2: Genes - p. 8 10. Chapter 3: Gene Expression - p. 18 11. Chapter 4: The Nervous System - p. 30 12. Chapter 5: Development - p. 50 13. Chapter 6: Behavior - p. 65 14. Chapter 7: Single-Gene and Chromosomal Disorders - p. 82 15. Chapter 8: Phenylketonuria (PKU) - p. 90 16. Chapter 9: Huntington Disease - p. 103 17. Chapter 10: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) - p. 114 18. Chapter 11: Leber's Optic Neuropathy - p. 127 19. Chapter 12: Down Syndrome - p. 136 20. Chapter 13: The XYY Male - p. 147 21. Chapter 14: Complex Traits - p. 158 22. Chapter 15: Intelligence - p. 172 23. Chapter 16: Autism - p. 195 24. Chapter 17: Schizophrenia - p. 210 25. Chapter 18: Sexuality and Gender - p. 233 26. Chapter 19: Race - p. 250 27. Chapter 20: The Future - p. 267 28. Index - p. 279
