Neurobiological Effects of Sex Steroid Hormones

This book describes the neurobiological basis for how the sex steroid hormones interact with parts of the brain and produce their behavioural effects.

Paul E. Micevych (Edited by), Ronald P. Hammer, Jr (Edited by)

9780521020039, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 September 2005

468 pages, 137 b/w illus. 11 tables
24 x 17.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.725 kg

'In this timely book, Micevych and Hammer have assembled an impressive collection of work … I found the vast range of new materials marshalled in the book fascinating and intellectually challenging.' Mei-Fang Cheng, Animal Behaviour

Neurobiological Effects of Sex Steroid Hormones describes the neurobiological basis for the understanding of how sex steroid hormones, oestrogen and testosterone, interact with parts of the brain. The contributors have all made significant advances in the understanding of how these steroids regulate neural function, and how this activity is translated into reproductive behaviours necessary for the propagation of the species. This book covers a broad range of topics, extending from the molecular and cellular processes, through the action of steroids on neurotransmission, all the way to defining the brain circuitry involved in both male and female behaviour. This volume presents a snapshot of the rapidly advancing field of reproductive neuroendocrinology by the investigators who are most intimately involved with the discoveries.

List of contributors
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Sex Steroid Responsive Circuits Regulating Male and Female Reproductive Behaviours: 1. Hormonal influence on neurons of the mating behaviour pathway in male hamsters Ruth I. Wood and Sarah W. Newman
2. Neural circuitry for the hormonal control of male sexual behaviour Pauline Yahr
3. Oestrogen receptor mRNA: neuroanatomical distribution and regulation in three behaviorally relevant physiological models Joan I. Morrell, Christine K. Wagner, Karl F. Malik and Christine A. Lisciotto
4. Hormonal regulation of limbic and hypothalamic pathways Richard B. Simerly
Part II. Sex Steroid Interaction with Specific Neurochemical Circuits: 5. Ovarian steroid interactions with hypothalamic oxytocin circuits involved in reproductive behaviour Loretta M. Flanagan and Bruce S. McEwen
6. Gonadal steroid regulation of hypothalamic opioid function Ronald P. Hammer, Jr and Sun Cheung
7. Neonatal and adult effects of gonadal steroids on the cholecystokinin circuit modulating reproductive behaviour Paul Popper, Catherine A. Priest and Paul E. Micevych
8. Cholinergic regulation of female sexual behaviour Gary Dohanich
9. Sex steroid regulation of tachykinin peptides in neuronal circuitry mediating reproductive functions Thomas R. Akesson and Paul E. Micevych
10. Dopaminergic influences on male rat sexual behaviour Elaine M. Hull
11. Studying neurotransmitter systems to understand development and function of sex differences in the brain: the case of Vasopressin Geert J. De Vries
Part III. Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Regulated by Sex Steroids: 12. Neurosteroids and neuroactive steroids Paul Robel and Etienne-Emile Baulieu
13. Estrogen synthesis and secretion by the songbird Barney A. Schlinger and Arthur P. Arnold
14. Neurobiological regulation of hormonal response by progestin and estrogen receptors Jeffrey D. Blaustein, Marc J. Tetel and John M. Meredith
15. Molecular actions of steroid hormones and their possible relations to reproductive behaviours Mona Freidin and Donald Pfaff
16. Effects of gonadal steroids on the central nervous system detected by the study of Fos protein expression Gloria E. Hoffman, Rula Abbud, Wei-Wei Le, Barbara Attardi, Kathie Berghorn and M. Susan Smith
17. Developmental interactions of estrogens with the neurotrophins and their receptors C. Dominique Toran-Allerand
18. Gonadal steroid influences on cell-cell interactions in the magnocellular hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system Glenn I. Hatton
Index.

Subject Areas: Animal reproduction [PSVH], Neurosciences [PSAN]