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Neuroendocrine Perspectives

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Eugenio E. Müller

    1. Department of Pharmacology, University of Milan School of Medicine, Milan, Italy

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  2. Robert M. MacLeod

    1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA

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Part of the book series: Neuroendocrine Perspectives (NEUROENDOCRINE, volume 9)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Brain-Steroid Interactions and the Control of Aggressiveness in Birds

    • Barney A. Schlinger, Gloria V. Callard
    Pages 1-43

  3. Alterations in Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Function by Ethanol

    • Gary S. Wand, Janice C. Froehlich
    Pages 45-126

  4. Molecular Characterization and Distribution of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

    • Napoleone Ferrara, David W. Leung, Heidi S. Phillips
    Pages 127-161

  5. Neuroendocrinimmunology: Intersystem Communication by the Immune and Neuroendocrine Systems

    • Daniel J. J. Carr
    Pages 163-206

  6. Prolactin Receptors in the Nervous and Immune Systems

    • Nancy E. Zorn, Marie D. Sauro
    Pages 207-238

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 239-246
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About this book

This issue of Neuroendocrine Perspectives, Volume 9, begins with a fascinating aspect of neurobiology: the steroid control of vertebrate behavior, in this case aggressive behavior. In the first chapter, Schlinger and Callard, after an extensive historical perspective of the behavioral effects of steroid hormones, review results of their own and others' laboratories on the hormonal basis of individual and sex-related differences in the intensity ofaggressive displays in birds. These studies provide evidence that brain aromatase exerts considerable control over both sex-dependent and individual differences in aggressive behavior by controllingestrogenreceptoroccupancyinsteroid-sensitivebrainregions. A greatdeal ofattention has been devoted to psychological, socio­ economic and cultural factors as potential causes of drug abuse and dependence, whereas the information on the neurobiologic effects of drugs of abuse is rather scanty. Wand and Froehlich address this topic in an exhaustive chapter on the effects of ethanol on the release, synthesis and posttranslational processing of hypothalamo-hypophyseal hormones. In addition, in keeping with neurophysiological and epidemiological evidence of a genetic susceptibility to alcohol addiction, they present data to indicate how the neuroendocrine system may function as a marker for genetic susceptibility to ethanol addition.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmacology, University of Milan School of Medicine, Milan, Italy

    Eugenio E. Müller

  • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA

    Robert M. MacLeod

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neuroendocrine Perspectives

  • Editors: Eugenio E. Müller, Robert M. MacLeod

  • Series Title: Neuroendocrine Perspectives

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3146-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7813-9Published: 17 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3146-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-0617

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 246

  • Additional Information: Vols. 1-5 were published by Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Topics: Neurosciences

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