Title | Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction [electronic resource] : Physiology and Behavior / edited by Norman T. Adler |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1981 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3881-9 |
Descript | XXII, 556 p. online resource |
I. Chemical Background of Endocrine Function -- 1. Structure of Protein and Peptide Hormones -- 2. Histology of the Pituitary -- 3. Essentials of Steroid Structure, Nomenclature, Reactions, Biosynthesis, and Measurements -- 4. Neurotransmitter Systems: Anatomy and Pharmacology -- II. Development of Reproductive Function -- 5. Hormonal Actions on the Sexual Differentiation of the Genitalia and the Gonadotropin-Regulating Systems -- 6. Perinatal Hormones and Their Role in the Development of Sexually Dimorphic Behaviors -- 7. Early Organizational Effects of Hormones: An Evolutionary Perspective -- 8. Puberty -- III. Control of Reproduction on the Organismic and Physiological Levels of Organization -- 9. Experimental Analysis of Hormone Actions on the Hypothalamus, Anterior Pituitary, and Ovary -- 10. Estrous Cyclicity in Mammals -- 11. How the Brain Mediates Ovarian Responses to Environmental Stimuli: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology -- 12 Seasonal Reproduction: Photoperiodism and Biological Clocks -- IV. Control of Reproduction on the Cellular and Chemical Level -- 13. CNS Control of the Pituitary: Neurochemistry of Hypothalamic Releasing and Inhibitory Hormones -- 14. The Neurochemical Control of Mating Behavior -- 15. Cellular Biochemistry of Hormone Action in Brain and Pituitary -- 16. Autoradiographic Technique for Steroid Hormone Localization: Application to the Vertebrate Brain -- 17. Electrophysiological Effects of Steroid Hormones in Brain Tissue -- Appendix: A Gross Anatomical Study of the Peripheral Nerves Associated with Reproductive Function in the Female Albino Rat -- I. Introduction -- II. Methods -- III. Results -- A. Femoral Nerve -- B. Genitofemoral Nerve -- C. Pelvic and Hypogastric Nerves -- D. Pudendal and Caudal Cutaneous Femoral Nerves -- References