Efferent Organization and The Integration of Behavior

List of ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Efferent Response Processes: Relationships among Stimuli, Movement, and Reinforcement I. Purpose II. Behavioral Classification III. Distinctions between Motor and Response Processes IV. Current Theoretical Developments V. Summary2. Physiological and Sensory Feedback of the Motor System: Neural-Metabolic Integration for Energy Regulation in Behavior I. Introduction II. The Brain as a Multidimensional Feedback Control System III. The Locus and Mechanisms of Energy Production for Behavior IV. Systems Feedback Research on Behavioral-Physiological Interaction V. Central-Neural versus Motor-System Feedback Control of Organic Rhythms VI. Dynamic Efferent Organization in Physiological Feedback Regulation and Learning: Theoretical Summary3. Motor Cortex and the Pyramidal System I. Introduction II. Organization of the Pyramidal System III. Physiological Considerations4. Subcortical Mechanisms of Behavioral Plasticity I. Introduction II. Behavioral Plasticity in Decorticate Preparations III. Behavioral Plasticity in Decerebrate Preparations IV. Behavioral Plasticity in Spinal Preparations V. Electrophysiological Studies of Response Plasticity VI. Retention VII. Summary5. Comparisons of the Efferent Projections of the Globus Pallidus and Substantia Nigra in the Monkey I. Introduction II. Material and Methods III. Discussion6. The Role of Prefrontal Control in the Programming of Motor Behavior I. General Considerations II. Simple S - R Conditioning III. Pavlovian R-no R Differentiation IV. R-no R Both Reinforced Differentiation V. R1 - R2 Differentiation VI. Delayed Responses VII. General Discussion VIII. Summary7. The Development of Operant Responses by Noradrenergic Activation and Cholinergic Suppression of Movements I. Introduction II. The Suppression of Operant Behavior Associated with Punishment III. Evidence for a Cholinergic Punishment System in the Periventricular Hypothalamus (PVS) IV. A Glycinergic Influence of Long-lasting Duration in the Periventricular Hypothalamus V. Atropine Disinhibits Suppressed Behaviors at Sites Where Norepinephrine is Ineffective VI. Separation of Brain Systems for Operant and Consummatory Responses VII. Selectivity of Action of the Cholinergic Suppression System in the Septal Area VIII. Functions of the Noradrenergic Neurons in the Amygdala IX. Norepinephrine Has an Antipunishment Action in the Dentate Gyrus X. Summary8. Diencephalic, Hippocampal, and Neocortical Mechanisms in Voluntary Movement I. Introduction II. Relation of Hippocampal and Neocortical EEG to Behavior III. Effects of Electrical Stimulation of the Hippocampal Formation IV. RSA Amplitude and Frequency in Relation to Behavior V. Hypothalamic-Hippocampal Relations and Behavior VI. Effect of Phenothiazines on Hippocampal Activity and on Behavior VII. Discussion9. Intracranial Self-Stimulation Pathways as Substrate for Stimulus-Response Integration I. Introduction II. Demonstration of Self-Stimulation III. The Questioning of Basic Assumptions IV. Pathways of Self-Stimulation: Methodological Considerations V. Pathways of Self-Stimulation: Results VI. Electrophysiology of Self-Stimulation VII. Final Overview VIII. SummaryReferences and Author IndexSubject Index