Title: An introduction to behavioral endocrinology /
Authors: Nelson, Randy Joe.
Date: 2000
Publisher: Sinauer Associates,
Physical description: 724 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: Q
Contents: The Study of Behavioral Endocrinology -- Historical Roots of Behavioral Endocrinology -- Berthold's Experiment -- What Are Hormones? -- The Study of Behavior -- Problems of Behavioral Research -- How Is Behavior Described? -- The Simple System Approach -- Levels of Analysis -- How Might Hormones Affect Behavior? -- How Might Behavior Affect Hormones? -- Classes of Evidence for Determining Hormone--Behavior Interactions -- Common Techniques in Behavioral Endocrinology -- Ablation and Replacement -- Bioassays -- Immunoassays -- Immunocytochemistry -- Autoradiography -- Blot Tests -- Autoradiography Using In Situ Hybridization -- Stimulation and Recording -- Pharmacological Techniques -- Genetic Manipulations -- A Case Study: Effects of Leptin on Behavior -- The Endocrine System -- Chemical Communication -- The Endocrine Glands -- The Hypothalamus -- The Pituitary Gland -- The Thyroid Gland -- The Pancreas -- The Gastrointestinal Tract -- The Adrenal Glands -- The Pineal Gland -- The Gonads -- The Placenta -- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hormone Action -- Hormone Receptor Types -- Transcription, Translation, and Post-translational Events -- The Major Vertebrate Hormones -- Protein and Peptide Hormones -- The Steroid Hormones -- The Monoamine Hormones -- The Lipid-Based Hormones -- How Hormones Are Regulated -- The Evolution of Hormones -- Sex Differences in Behavior: Sex Determination and Differentiation -- Ultimate Causes of Sex Differences -- Proximate Causes of Sex Differences -- Mammalian Sexual Differentiation.
Subject headings (LCSH): Hormones--Physiological effect.; Physiology, Comparative.; Psychoneuroendocrinology.