Neurobiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Behavioural Endocrinology of Mammals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Neuroendocrine Control of Population Size in Rodents with Special Emphasis on the Mongolian Gerbil

      • H. H. Swanson

      Pages 2-17

   3. Social and Hormonal Determinants of Reproductive Patterns in the Prairie Vole

      • C. S. Carter, L. L. Getz

      Pages 18-36

   4. Hormones and the Sexual Behaviour of Monkeys

      • E. B. Keverne

      Pages 37-47

   5. Mechanisms of Androgen-Activated Sexual Behaviour in Rats

      • P. Södersten, P. Eneroth, A. Mode, J. Å. Gustafsson

      Pages 48-59

   6. Neural Progestin Receptors: Regulation of Progesterone-Facilitated Sexual Behaviour in Female Guinea Pigs

      • J. D. Blaustein, T. J. Brown

      Pages 60-76

   7. Strategies for Determining the Molecular Mechanisms of Oestrogen Regulation of Female Reproductive Behaviour

      • A. M. Etgen

      Pages 77-89

3. Behavioural Endocrinology of Birds

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Testosterone and Aggressive Behaviour during the Reproductive Cycle of Male Birds

      • J. C. Wingfield, M. Ramenofsky

      Pages 92-104

   3. Phasic Effects of Hormones in the Avian Brain During Behavioural Development

      • J. B. Hutchison, R. E. Hutchison

      Pages 105-120

   4. Role of Testosterone Metabolism in the Activation of Sexual Behaviour in Birds

      • J. Balthazart, M. Schumacher

      Pages 121-140

4. Sexual Differentiation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Endocrine Control of Behavioural Sexual Differentiation in the Male Ferret

      • M. J. Baum, M. S. Erskine, E. R. Stockman, L. A. Lundell

      Pages 142-148

   3. Aromatization: Is It Critical for the Differentiation of Sexually Dimorphic Behaviours?

      • K. L. Olsen

      Pages 149-164

   4. Prenatal Androgens in Female Rats and Adult Mounting Behaviour

      • A. K. Slob, J. T. M. Vreeburg

      Pages 165-179

   5. Searching for Neural Correlates of Sexual Differentiation in a Heterogeneous Tissue

      • P. Yahr

      Pages 180-202

   6. Sexual Differentiation is a Biphasic Process in Mammals and Birds

      • M. Schumacher, J. Balthazart

      Pages 203-219

   7. Sex Differences in the Anterior Pituitary Gland

      • M. O. Dada, J. F. Rodriguez-Sierra, C. A. Blake

      Pages 220-245

5. Comparative Aspects of Aminergic Neurons

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247

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This volume is one of those published from the proceedings of the invited lectures to the First International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry I organized at Liege (Belgium) in August 1984 under the auspices of the Section of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry of the International Union of Biological Sciences. In a general foreword to these different volumes, it seems to me appropriate to consider briefly what may be the comparative approach. Living organisms, beyond the diversity of their morphological forms, have evolved a widespread range of basic solutions to cope with the different problems, both organismal and environmental with which they are faced. Soon after the turn of the century, some biologists realized that these solutions can be best comprehended in the frame­ work of a comparative approach integrating results of physiological and biochemical studies done at the organismic, cellular and molecular levels. The development of this approach amongst both physiologists and biochemists remained, however, extremely slow until recently.

• biochemistry
• biology
• development
• neurobiology
• physiology

• Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  Raymond Gilles

• Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  Jacques Balthazart

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