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Author Pfaff, Donald W., 1939-

Title Drive : neurobiological and molecular mechanisms of sexual motivation / Donald W. Pfaff
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 312 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Cellular and molecular neuroscience
Cellular and molecular neuroscience series.
Contents I. Features of drive. Questions and arguments. A. Neuroanatomy of drive. B. Genes in the nervous system controlling behavior. C. Biological axioms: a harmony of mechanisms satisfy biological requirements. D. Libido: humans as animals. E. More global effects of hormones on behavior. Slaves of love? A. Hierarchies of drive. II. Findings and proofs. Tropisms. A. Jacques Loeb's tropisms. B. Scorpions. C. Flies. D. Fish. Concept of drive. A. Logical need for motivational concepts. B. Criteria for proof (illustrated). C. Two-component theory of drive. Hormone-controlled drives. A. Sex hormone effects in animals and humans
Notes "A Bradford book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-302) and index
Notes English
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Subject Sex (Biology)
Sexual excitement.
Neuropsychology.
Neuroendocrinology.
Neurobiology.
Gonadal Steroid Hormones -- physiology
Libido -- physiology
Neurobiology
Sexual Behavior -- physiology
Sexual Behavior, Animal -- physiology
Gonadal Steroid Hormones -- genetics
Sex
Neuroendocrinology
eroticism.
sex (biological characteristic)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
Neurobiology
Neuroendocrinology
Neuropsychology
Sex (Biology)
Sexual excitement
Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Physiology.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98043055
ISBN 0585124019
9780585124018
9780262281546
0262281546