Annual Karger Workshop / The Neurobiology of Reproductive Behavior
4th, Anaheim, California, October 1992. "Brain Behavior and Evolution", Vol 42, No 4-5 (1993). Special Topic Issue: Brain, Behavior and Evolution 1993, Vol. 42, No. 4-5
Karger, S (Publisher)
Published on 7. October 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
84 pages
978-3-8055-5852-5 (ISBN)
Description
This publication explores the interaction of neural and endocrine mechanisms in reproductive development and expression. Several important processes are examined, including the differentiation of organisms into males and females, and the organization and evolution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal systems in vertebrates. Various contribution also focus on the similarities and differences between steroid mediated sexual differentiation in rodents and in the zebra finch; the long-term actions of sex steroids on membrane biophysical properties; the pathways by which social and environmental information, such as day length, can modulate the output of GnRH in frogs; and, in goldfish, the role of pheromones as sensory signals that act on the nervous system and influence both reproductive behaviour and hormonal states. Illustrating the enormous diversity in vertebrate reproductive patterns, this collection of papers provides stimulating reading and new ideas for future research.
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Language
German
Place of publication
Basel
Switzerland
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 Schaubilder, 3 Tabellen
30 figs., 3 tab.
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 21 cm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8055-5852-5 (9783805558525)
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Content
The organizational concept and vertebrates without sex chromosomes, D. Crews; evolution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone(GnRH) neuronal systems, L.E. Muske; sexual differentiation of brain and behavior - the zebra finch is not just a flying rat, A.P. Arnold and B.A. Schlinger; weakly electric fish as model systems for studying long-term steroid action on neural circuits, H.H. Zakon; sensory pathways linking social and environmental cues to endocrine control regions of amphibian forebrains, W. Wilczynski et al; sex pheromone systems in goldfish - comparisons to vomeronasal systems in tetrapods, J.G. Dulka.