Overview

The subject of this book is reproduction-specifically, the interplay between reproductive physiology (especially neural and endocrine events) and behavior. In presenting this topic, there are two expository goals. The first is to study repro- duction at all of the major levels of biological organization-from the molecular (e. g. , hormone receptors in the brain), through the cellular (e. g. , ovarian morphogene- sis), systemic (e. g. , operation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis), and the organismic levels of organization. Analogously, behavior is treated from the most molecular, elementary, and fundamental components (e. g. , copulatory reflexes), through behavior in the reproductive dyad (e. g. , analysis of female sexual behav- ior), to complex social behavior (e. g. , the interaction of social context and behav- ioral sex differences). To the extent that these levels of biological and behavioral organization rep- resent a ""vertical axis"" in behavioral neurobiology, a second goal is to treat the ""horizontal axis"" of biological organization, viz. , time. There are, therefore, treat- ments of evolutionary origins (e. g. , a phylogenetic survey of psychosexual differ- entiation), genetic origins in the individual (e. g. , sexual organogenesis), ontoge- netic development (e. g. , behavioral sexual differentiation), and the immediate physiological precursors of behavior (e. g. , hormonal and nonhormonal initiation of maternal behavior). In addition to tracing the origins of reproduction and reproductive behavior, one extends the time-line from the behavior to its physio- logical consequences (e. g. , neuroendocrine consequences of sexual behavior).

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Author:   Norman T. Adler ,  Donald Pfaff ,  Robert W. Goy
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Volume:   7
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.575kg
ISBN:  

9781468448344

ISBN 10:   146844834
Pages:   820
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I Differentiaton and Organization of Reproductive Processes.- 1 Sexual Organogenesis.- 2 Gonadal Hormones during Sexual Differentiation in Vertebrates.- 3 Nonmammalian Psychosexual Differentiation.- 4 Sexual Behavior Differentiation: Effects of Prenatal Manipulations in Rats.- II Hormonal Activation of Behavior.- 5 Reproductive Physiology and Behavior Interactions in Nonmammalian Vertebrates.- 6 The Role of Gonadal Hormones in the Activation of Feminine Sexual Behavior.- 7 Maternal Behavior among the Nonprimate Mammals.- 8 Peripheral Plasma Levels of Gonadal Steroids in Adult Male and Adult, Nonpregnant Female Mammals.- III Neurological Bases of Mammalian Reproductive Behavior.- 9 Neurological Bases of Male Sexual Behavior: A Comparative Analysis.- 10 Neural Mechanisms of Female Reproductive Behavior.- 11 Neuropharmacology, Neurotransmitters, and Sexual Behavior in Mammals.- 12 Brain Mechanisms and Parental Behavior.- IV Biochemical Models of Hormonal Action.- 13 The Role of Metabolism in Hormonal Control of Sexual Behavior.- 14 Steroid Hormone Receptors in Brain and Pituitary: Topography and Possible Functions.- V Social and Experiential Influences on Reproduction.- 15 Neuroendocrine Consequences of Sexual Behavior.- 16 On Measuring Behavioral Sex Differences in Social Contexts.

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