Behavioral neuroendocrinology

Inspired by Carlos Beyer's 50 years of pioneering research and influence on his students and colleagues, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology builds upon Beyer's fundamental discoveries and concepts as well as their widespread implications. It presents original research and reviews on mechanisms -- genomic and non-genomic -- of steroid and protein hormone action; the role of steroid metabolism, especially aromatization, protein phosphorylation, and neurotransmitter action in mediating reproductive behavior and sexual differentiation; and brain and spinal cord mechanisms in sexual behavior and analgesia. This book presents a rich diversity of topics -- lactation, maternal behavior, pheromone action, chronobiology, allodynia, angiogenesis, prostate physiology, sexual motivation, and specific brain systems, including vomeronasal system, cerebellum, preoptic area, hypothalamus, and spinal cord. This book brings together, in one source, an international'family'of researchers whose work has evolved in diverse but related ways from a seminal set of discoveries and concepts in behavioral neuroendocrinology.

Pioneering studies on the effects of steroid hormone metabolism on the brain and behavior / María Luisa Cruz, Miguel Cervantes, and Gabriela Moralí -- Neuroendocrine and behavioral role of the medial preoptic area in rabbits: recollections of collaboration with Carlos Beyer / Anders Ågmo and Knut Larsson -- Hormonal regulation of the copulatory motor pattern in mammals / Gabriela Moralí, Knut Larsson, José Luis Contreras, and Miguel Cervantes -- Neuronal and neurochemical correlates of copulatory motor patterns in male rats / Marisela Hernández González and Miguel Ángel Guevara -- Male sexual satiety and the Coolidge effect in rats: relation between behavioral and seminal parameters / Rosa Angélica Lucio, Alonso Fernández-Guasti, and Knut Larsson -- The sexual cerebellum / Jorge Manzo, Porfirio Carrillo, Genaro A. Coria-Avila, and Luis I. Garcia -- Intracellular signaling involved in progestin regulation of female sexual behavior in rodents / Oscar González-Flores, Ignacio Camacho-Arroyo, and Anne M. Etgen -- The delicate line between "wanting" (desire) and "liking" (reward) sexual behavior / Elisa Ventura-Aquino, Jorge Baños-Araujo, Alonso Fernández-Guasti, and Raúl G. Paredes --…