Behavioral endocrinology

This behavioral endocrinology text provides detailed information on what hormones are, how they affect cells, and how such effects can alter the behavior of animals, including humans. Presenting a broad continuum of levels of analysis, from molecular to evolutionary, the book discusses how genes wor...

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Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, cop. 2002.
Izdanje: 2nd ed
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  • Part I: Introduction
  • Introduction to behavioral endocrinology / Jill B. Becker and S. Marc Breedlove
  • Molecular approaches to behavioral neuroendocrinology / Margaret M. McCarthy and David Crews
  • Sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior / S. Marc Breedlove and Elizabeth Hampson
  • Part II: Hormones and reproductive behaviors
  • Neuroendocrinology of sexual behavior in the female / Margaret M. McCarthy and Jill B. Becker
  • Neuroendocrinology of sexual behavior in the male / Michael J. Baum
  • Hormonal influences on human sexual behavior / C. Sue Carter
  • Diversity and evolution of hormone-behavior relations in reproductive behavior / David Crews
  • Hormonal influences on courtship behaviors / Darcy B. Kelley and Eliot Brenowitz
  • Hormones and parental behavior / Larry J. Young and Thomas R. Insel
  • Part III: Hormones and regulatory functions
  • Neuroendocrine and behavioral influences on the immune system / Christopher L. Coe
  • Endocrinology of the stress-response / Robert M. Sapolsky
  • Hormones and biological rhythms / Michael R. Gorman and Theresa M. Lee
  • Part IV: Hormonal influences on sensorimotor function and cognition
  • Hormonal influences on sensorimotor function / Jill B. Becker
  • Hormones and cognition in nonhuman animals / Christina L. Williams
  • Sex differences in human brain and cognition: The influence of sex steroids in early and adult life / Elizabeth Hampson
  • Part V: Reciprocal regulation of hormones and behavior
  • Hormonal regulation of ingestive behaviors / S. Marc Breedlove
  • Invertebrate systems for the study of hormone brain-behavior relationships / James W. Truman
  • Environmental factors influencing hormone secretion / Rae Silver and Lance J. Kriegsfeld