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the operation of hormonal mechanisms, within and outside the central

nervous system, with special reference to pituitary function.^7

Finally, the Section on Behavioral Sciences, headed by Gian Carlo

Salmoiraghi, conducted research in the following four areas: 1) the effect

of drugs on the function of sensory pathways, specifically the analysis of

mechanisms subserving the coding and transformation of information–

which may be disturbed in acute mental disorder–along various levels

of integration within the auditory pathway and the role of inhibitory

mechanisms in this coding process; 2) the study of cat, rat, and monkey

behavioral and hormonal responses to drugs and hormones applied

locally to selected areas of the brain; 3) the development of baseline

data of generalization gradients for reward- and punishment-controlled

behavior in rhesus monkeys in order to appraise the effect of drugs on

these functions in various motivational situations; and 4) the effects of

drugs upon the central mechanisms governing respiration and blood

pressure, specifically, identification of the location and pattern of and

factors contributing to the discharge of rhythmically discharging respira­

tory and cardiovascular neurons in the medulla.^8

Notes

1. See Cohen’s chapter, this volume.


2. Joel J. Elkes, NIMH Annual Report, 1957.


3. See the Laboratory of Clinical Science review for further information.


4. Elkes, NIMH Annual Report, 1957.


5. Elkes, NIMH Annual Report, 1959.


6. Elkes, NIMH Annual Reports, 1958-1960.


7. Elkes, NIMH Annual Reports, 1957-1960.


8. Ibid.