Reproductive Neuroendocrinology and Social BehaviorIshwar S. Parhar, Tomoko Soga, Sonoko Ogawa Frontiers Media SA, Oct 12, 2016 - Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology - 313 pages Anti-social behaviors and social deficits induced mental disorders are critical problems in our society today. Social behaviors and interactions are shaped by experience, hereditary components (genes, hormones and neuropeptides) and environmental factors (photoperiods and metabolic signals). In addition to the classical gonadotropin-releasing hormone, RFamide peptides, kisspeptin and gonadotropin-inhibiting hormone are emerging as important regulators of the reproductive axis. These neuropeptides are evolutionarily conserved and are regulated by environmental factors. In this Research Topic, we advocate more recent advances in reproductive neuropeptides and sex steroids in the domains of social behavior including sexual and parental behavior, aggression, stress and anxiety. Using multiple species model, we also review how genes and the neuroendocrine system interact at the cell and organismic levels to contribute to social behavior in particular the epigenetic genomic changes caused by early life environment. We provide comprehensive insights of distinct neural networks and how cellular and molecular events in the brain regulate social behavior from a comparative perspective. |
Contents
Reproductive Neuroendocrinology and Social Behavior | 6 |
Reproductive Neuroendocrine Pathways of Social Behavior | 11 |
The role of GABA in the regulation of GnRH neurons | 19 |
neuroestrogen regulation of sociosexual behavior of males | 28 |
an integrative and embodied perspective | 39 |
Estradiolsensitive projection neurons in the female rat preoptic area | 45 |
Neuroanatomy and sex differences of the lordosisinhibiting system in the lateral septum | 53 |
Identification of neural cells activated by mating stimulus in the periaqueductal gray in female rats | 66 |
Urinary oxytocin positively correlates with performance in facial visual search in unmarried males without specific reaction to infant face | 174 |
an eyetracking study | 181 |
Behavioral relevance of speciesspecific vasotocin anatomy in gregarious finches | 189 |
Sexual attractiveness of male chemicals and vocalizations in mice | 197 |
Electrophysiological characterization of male goldfish Carassius auratus ventral preoptic area neurons receiving olfactory inputs | 210 |
Gendertypical olfactory regulation of sexual behavior in goldfish | 219 |
Pairmatedependent pup retrieval as parental behavior in male mice | 227 |
implications from maternal separation models in rodents | 237 |
implications in sociosexual behaviors | 73 |
Modification of female and male social behaviors in estrogen receptor beta knockout mice by neonatal maternal separation | 80 |
Effects of diethylstilbestrol exposure during gestation on both maternal and offspring behavior | 89 |
Developmental Exposure to Ethinylestradiol Affects Reproductive Physiology the GnRH Neuroendocrine Network and Behaviors in Female Mouse | 97 |
relative contributions of sex steroids and sex chromosomes | 111 |
insights from the life history of a sex changing fish | 120 |
Sexually dimorphic nuclei in the spinal cord control male sexual functions | 141 |
the relationship with neuronal activation in the hypothalamus | 147 |
Fluorescent visualization of oxytocin in the hypothalamoneurohypophysial system | 154 |
regulation by neuropeptides | 161 |
Developmental changes in the neural responses to own and unfamiliar mothers smiling face throughout puberty | 243 |
Neural mechanisms of social dominance | 251 |
Environmental insults in early life and submissiveness later in life in mouse models | 265 |
association with serotoninrelated genes | 272 |
Universality and diversity in the signal transduction pathway that regulates seasonal reproduction in vertebrates | 284 |
Ultradian oscillation in expression of four melatonin receptor subtype genes in the pineal gland of the grass puffer a semilunarsynchronized spawner ... | 291 |
Restoration of tryptophan hydroxylase functions and serotonin content in the Atlantic croaker hypothalamus by antioxidant treatment during hypoxi... | 301 |
Back Cover | 314 |