An Ethoexperimental Approach to Behavioral Endocrinology

1989 ◽  
pp. 539-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Brain
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Endocrinology

Integrating Mechanisms and Functions to Understand Behavior

2019 ◽  
pp. xiv-9
Author(s):  
Lisa L. M. Welling ◽  
Todd K. Shackelford
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Psychology ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Reproductive Behavior ◽  
Affective Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Endocrinology ◽  
Human Psychology ◽  
Proximate Mechanisms ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Influence Behavior ◽  
Evolutionary Perspectives

Evolutionary psychology and behavioral endocrinology provide complementary perspectives on interpreting human behavior and psychology. Hormones can function as underlying mechanisms that influence behavior in functional ways. Understanding these proximate mechanisms can inform ultimate explanations of human psychology. This chapter introduces this edited volume by first discussing evolutionary perspectives in behavioral endocrinology. It then briefly addresses three broad topic areas of behavioral endocrinology: (1) development and survival, (2) reproductive behavior, and (3) social and affective behavior. It provides examples of research within each of these areas and describes potential adaptations. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the importance of integrating mechanisms with function when investigating human behavior and psychology.

Behavioral Endocrinology: Integrating Mind and Body

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Peter T. Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Steroid Hormones ◽  
Behavioral Ecology ◽  
Endocrine System ◽  
Behavioral Endocrinology ◽  
Paternal Behavior ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Primary Focus

Abstract The nervous system and the endocrine system interact to integrate behavior and physiology. Hormones play an important role in this interaction, particularly steroid hormones. Other molecules, notably oxytocin, can serve both as hormones in the soma and neuromodulators in the central nervous system. Understanding the influence of the endocrine system on human behavior, both individual and social, has been a primary focus of behavioral endocrinology for many decades, though technical and methodological challenges have been formidable. The recent enthusiasm for enzyme-linked immunoassay kits for measuring steroid hormones in saliva has been found to be largely unsound, for example. Despite these difficulties, advances in many areas have been made and new areas, such as the endocrinology of paternal behavior and the role of oxytocin in social interactions, have emerged. Reproductive ecology provides a theoretical framework for integrating the diverse content of human behavioral ecology.

The Behavioral Endocrinology of Rodents: A Functional Analysis

BioScience ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 573-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha K. McClintock
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Behavioral Endocrinology

Avian Behavioral Endocrinology

BioScience ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 567-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rae Silver ◽  
Madeline Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Endocrinology

scholarly journals No evidence for prolactin’s involvement in the post-ejaculatory refractory period

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Valente ◽  
Tiago Marques ◽  
Susana Q. Lima
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Refractory Period ◽  
Laboratory Strain ◽  
Sexual Motivation ◽  
Pituitary Hormone ◽  
Male Mice ◽  
Prolactin Release ◽  
Behavioral Endocrinology ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

AbstractIn many species, ejaculation is followed by a state of decreased sexual motivation, the post-ejaculatory refractory period. Several lines of evidence have suggested prolactin, a pituitary hormone released around the time of ejaculation in humans and other animals, to be a decisive player in the establishment of the refractory period. However, data supporting this hypothesis is controversial. We took advantage of two different strains of house mouse, a wild derived and a classical laboratory strain, that differ substantially in their sexual behavior, to investigate prolactin’s involvement in sexual motivation and the refractory period. First, we show that there is prolactin release during sexual behavior in male mice. Second, using a pharmacological approach, we show that acute manipulations of prolactin levels, either mimicking the natural release during sexual behavior or inhibiting its occurrence, do not affect sexual motivation or shorten the refractory period, respectively. Therefore, we show compelling evidence refuting the idea that prolactin released during copulation is involved in the establishment of the refractory period, a long-standing hypothesis in the field of behavioral endocrinology.

Conceptual Issues In Behavioral Endocrinology

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-17
Author(s):  
Frank A. Beach
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Endocrinology
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