| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-195) and index. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Preface and Dedication""; ""1 Toward a Universal Theory of Brain Arousal""; ""2 Anatomy Is Not Destiny, but a Little Neuroanatomy Helps""; ""3 Arousal Is Signaled by Electrical Discharges in a System of Nerve Cells""; ""4 Autonomic Nervous System Changes Supporting Arousal; the Unity of the Body""; ""5 Genes Whose Neurochemical Products Support Arousal""; ""6 Heightened States of Arousal: Sex Compared to Fear""; ""7 Major Systems Questions about Brain Arousal Networks""; ""8 Summary and Practical Importance: From Biological Mechanisms to Health Applications""; ""Works Cited"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arousal (Physiology)
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Arousal (Physiology) |
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Information theory.
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Information theory. |
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Neurogenetics.
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Neurogenetics. |
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Neurophysiology.
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Neurophysiology. |
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Arousal -- physiology. |
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Nerve Net -- physiology. |
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Neurobiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pfaff, Donald W., 1939- Brain arousal and information theory. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2006 0674019202 9780674019201 (DLC) 2005046338 (OCoLC)60500877 |
| ISBN |
9780674042100 (electronic book) |
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0674042107 (electronic book) |
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0674019202 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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