COMPARATIVE NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF STEROID-RECEPTOR GENE-EXPRESSION AND REGULATION - RELATIONSHIP TO PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

Authors
YOUNG LJ CREWS D
Citation
Lj. Young et D. Crews, COMPARATIVE NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF STEROID-RECEPTOR GENE-EXPRESSION AND REGULATION - RELATIONSHIP TO PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR, Trends in endocrinology and metabolism, 6(9-10), 1995, pp. 317-323
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism → ACNP
ISSN journal
10432760
Volume
6
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
317 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
1043-2760(1995)6:9-10<317:CNOSGA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Great diversity exists among vertebrates in reproductive behaviors and the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying these behaviors. Comparisons of species with different hormone-brain-behavior relationships reveal three factors which may explain species differences in endocrine phys iology and behavior: (a) sensitivity to sex steroid hormones, (b) horm one-dependent regulation of sex steroid hormone receptor gene expressi on, and (c) neuroanatomical distribution of steroid receptor gene expr ession, especially in nonlimbic structures.