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Overview

The Department of Neurobiology and Behavior (NB&B) was one of the very first academic units to combine the study of animal behavior with its neural basis, based on the belief that the interface between them was one of great research and intellectual potential. NB&B has brought this idea to fruition.

The Department of Neurobiology and Behavior has a distinguished faculty of 23 whose interests range from the intrinsic properties of neurons to the organization of animal societies.  Many faculty members have research programs that span different levels of analysis. The Department offers a wide range of courses and research opportunities making it one of the most popular areas of study for undergraduates majoring in biology.

 

New Publications

 

Chatterjee, O., Taylor, L. A., Ahmed, S., Nagaraj S., Hall, J. J., Finckbeiner, S. M., Chan, P. S., Suda, N., King, J. T., Zeeman, M. L., McCobb, D. P. (2009). Social stress alters expression of large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel subunits in mouse adrenal medulla and pituitary glands. J Neuroendocrinol 21:167-176.

Goodrich, K. R. and Raguso, R. A. (2009). The olfactory component of floral display in Asimina amd Deeringothamnus (Annonaceae). New Phytologist 183: 457-469.

Goyret, J., Almut, K., Pfaff, M. and Raguso, R. A. (2009). Flexible responses to visual and olfactory stimuli by foraging Manduca sexta: larval nutrition affects adult behaviour. Proc. R. Soc. B 276: 2739-2745.

Crone, S. A., G. Zhong, Harris-Warrick, R. M. and Sharma, K. (2009). “In mice lacking V2a interneurons, gait depends on speed of locomotion.”  J. Neurosci. 29: 7098-7109.

Kwan, A.C., S.B. Dietz, W.W. Webb, Harris-Warrick, R. M. (2009). “Activity of Hb9 inteneurons during fictive locomotion in mouse spinal cord.” J. Neurosci., in press.

Raguso, R. A. (2009). Floral scent in a whole-plant context: moving beyond pollinator attraction. Functional Ecology 23: 837-840.

Schlumpberger, B. O., Cocucci, A. A., Moré, M., Sérsic, A. N. and Raguso, R. A. (2009). Extreme variation in floral characters and its consequences for pollinator attraction among populations of an Andean cactus. Annals of Botany 103: 1489-1500.

Shaw, K. L., and Lesnick, S. C. (2009). Genomic linkage of male song and female acoustic preference QTL underlying a rapid species radiation.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 106: 9737-9742.

Bass, A. H., E. Gilland and R. Baker (2008). Evolutionary origins for social vocalization in a vertebrate hindbrain-spinal compartment. Science 321: 417-421 (also Perspective by D. Margoliash and M. E. Hale, pp. 347-348.

Bass, A. H. and L. H. Remage-Healey (2008). Central pattern generators for social vocalization: androgen-dependent neurophysiological mechanisms. Hormones and Behavior 53: 659-672.

Bass, A. H. (2008). Steroid-dependent plasticity of vocal motor systems: novel insights from teleost fish. Brain Research Reviews 57: 299-308.

Bass, A. H. and P. M. Forlano (2008). Neuroendocrine mechanisms of alternative reproductive tactics: The chemical language of social plasticity. In: Alternative Reproductive Tactics Ð an Integrative Approach (R. F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky, J. Brockmann, eds) Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 109-131.

Bass, A. H. and F. Ladich (2008). Vocal-acoustic communication: from behavior to neurons. In: Fish Bioacoustics - Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, (A. Popper, R. Fay, J. Webb; eds.), Springer, pp. 253-278.

Cummings, M. P., Neel, M. C. and Shaw, K. L. (2008). Genealogical sorting index: a statistic to quantify common ancestry of labeled individuals on a phylogenetic tree. Evolution 62: 2411-2422.

Harris-Warrick, R. M., Paupardin-Tritsch, J. Bockaert. (2008). Reflection: An a40 subunit of a GTP- binding protein immunologically relataed to go mediates a dopamine-induced decrease of Ca2+ current in snail neurons. Neuron 60: 396-397.

Lavoue, S., Sullivan, J. P., Arnegard, M. E. and Hopkins, C. D. (2008). Differentiation of morphology, genetics and electric signals in a region of sympatry between sister species of African electric fish (Mormyridae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21(4): 1030-1045.

Mullen, S. P., Millar, J. G., Schal, C. and Shaw, K. L. (2008). Identification and characterization of cuticular hydrocarbons from a rapid species radiation of Hawaiian Swordtailed Crickets (Gryllidae: Trigonidiinae: Laupala). J Chem Ecol.

Sherman, P. W., Holland, E. and Shellman Sherman, J. (2008). Allergies: Their Role in Cancer Prevention. The Quarterly Review of Biology 83: 339-362.

Piper, W.H., Walcott, C., Mager, J.H. Spilker, F. J. (2008). Fatal battles in common loons: a preliminary analysis. Animal Behavior 75: 1109-1115.

Bradbury, J. W. and S. L. Vehrencamp. In preparation. Principles of Animal Communication, 2nd Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. Expected publication in 2008.

 

 


 

New Books

 

insects

FOR THE LOVE OF INSECTS
by Thomas Eisner

 

secret

SECRET WEAPONS: DEFENSES OF INSECTS, SPIDER, SCORPIONS, AND OTHER MANY-LEGGED CREATURES
by Thomas Eisner,
Maria Eisner, and
Melody Siegler

bees

ASIAN HONEY BEES
Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions
with a foreword by Thomas D. Seeley
Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Siriwat Wongsiri

poissons1
 
poissons2

POISSONS D'EAUX DOUCES ET SAUMÂTRES DE BASSE GUINÉE OUEST
DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE
Vol 1 and Vol 2. The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa.
Melanie Stiassny, Guy G. Teugels, and Carl D. Hopkins, Editors


RODENT SOCIETIES: AN ECOLOGICAL & EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
Jerry Wolff and Paul W. Sherman, Editors