Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:1251-1256
Copyright © 1979 by American Psychiatric Association
Some neurophysiologic aspects of individual behavior
BJ Betz
The author provides a brief primer of the biologic processes in the brain
that produce affect and implement communication. These neuroanatomic and
neurophysiologic processes are presented in broad configuration rather than
in detail and as distributive systems rather than just as localized
mechanisms. The basic viewpoint is that of a continuum between the biologic
processes within the brain and their manifestation as behavioral phenomena
expressed in, and visible to, the culture. The primary focus is not
clinical but on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as basic medical sciences
for psychiatry.
