Central Neural States Relating Sex and Pain

by Richard J. Bodnar, Donald W. Pfaff, Kathryn Grace Commons

Hormones strongly influence and even "drive" certain primitive behaviors. In Central Neural States Relating Sex and Pain, Richard J. Bodnar, Kathryn Commons, and Donald W. Pfaff examine hormonal, neural, and genetic mechanisms of reproductive, pain-sensing, and pain-inhibitory systems. The authors show that there are remarkable neuroanatomical, biochemical, and functional overlaps among these systems. They consider sensory inputs triggering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801868270
• ISBN13: 9780801868276
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher