Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE VII
3. PREFACE XI
4. CONTENTS XIII
5. 1. STEROID HORMONES AND BRAIN FUNCTION: PROGRESS, PRINCIPLES, AND PROBLEMS 1
6. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL INFLUENCES OF ADRENAL STEROIDS
7. 2. EFFECTS OF CORTISOL ON SINGLE CELL ACTIVITY IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS 27
8. 3. INFLUENCE OF CORTISOL ON BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD EXCITABILITY IN DEVELOPING RATS 35
9. 4. LOCAL EFFECTS OF ADRENAL STEROIDS ON CEREBRAL NEURONS 43
10. 5. SELECTIVITY OF ACUTE FEEDBACK EFFECTS OF CORTICOSTEROIDS ON ACTH SECRETION 51
11. 6. PITUITARY-ADRENOCORTICAL ACTIVITY, EXPLORATION AND AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR IN THE RAT 59
12. 7. MODIFICATION OF THE RESPONSIVENESS OF COMPONENTS OF THE LIMBIC-MIDBRAIN CIRCUIT BY CORTICOSTEROIDS AND ACTH 67
13. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF SEX STEROID ACTIONS
14. 8. EFFECTS OF SEX HORMONES AND OVULATION-BLOCKING STEROIDS AND DRUGS ON ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE RAT BRAIN 79
15. 9. CYCLIC CHANGES IN NEURONS OF THE ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS DURING THE RAT ESTROUS CYCLE AND THE EFFECT OF ANESTHESIA 95
16. 10. STEROID SEX HORMONES IN THE RAT BRAIN: SPECIFICITY OF UPTAKE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS 103
17. 11. EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN ON SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS OF THE BEHAVING RABBIT 113
18. 12. EFFECT OF ESTROGEN ON BRAIN STEM NEURONAL RESPONSIVITY IN THE CAT 121
19. 13. INDUCTION OF LORDOSIS IN OVARIECTOMIZED RATS BY STIMULATION OF THE VAGINAL CERVIX: HORMONAL AND NEURAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS 127
20. 14. DISCUSSIONS OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF THE ACTION OF STEROID HORMONES 137
21. 15. HORMONES AND THE ONTOGENESIS OF PITUITARY REGULATING MECHANISMS 149
22. 16. ANDROGENIZATION AND PITUITARY FSH REGULATION 161
23. 17. SEX DIFFERENCE IN HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSIAL FUNCTION 171
24. 18. SOME ASPECTS OF THE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN STEROID-INDUCED STERILITY 185
25. 19. THE EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE ADMINISTERED BEFORE BIRTH ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIOR IN GENETIC FEMALE RHESUS MONKEYS 193
26. 20. PERINATAL HORMONES AND THE MODIFICATION OF ADULT BEHAVIOR 203
27. HORMONES AND CONTROL OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE ADULT
28. 21. HYPOPHYSIOTROPIC NEURONS IN THE PERIVENTRICULAR BRAIN: TOPOGRAPHY OF ESTRADIOL CONCENTRATING NEURONS 215
29. 22. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HORMONE RECEPTORS: PATTERNS OF UPTAKE AND RETENTION OF ESTRADIOL AND PROGESTERONE IN RELATION TO REPRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY 227
30. 23. OPTICAL ISOMERS OF ESTROGEN AND ESTROGEN-INHIBITORS AS TOOLS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ESTROGEN ACTION ON THE BRAIN 237
31. 24. BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF CORTICOSTERONE BINDING TO CELL NUCLEI AND CYTOPLASMIC MACROMOLECULES IN SPECIFIC REGIONS OF THE RAT BRAIN 247
32. 25. DISCUSSIONS OF THE ACTION OF STEROID HORMONES ON NEURONAL FUNCTION 259
33. STEROID FEEDBACK AND BRAIN-PITUITARY MECHANISMS
34. 26. THE ROLE OF STEROID HORMONES IN THE CONTROL OF GONADOTROPIN SECRETION IN ADULT FEMALE MAMMALS 269
35. 27. FEEDBACK MECHANISMS AND THE CONTROL OF THE HYPOTHALAMOHYPOPHYSIAL COMPLEX 289
36. 28. SEX AND BRAIN-PITUITARY FUNCTION AT PUBERTY 301
37. 29. STUDIES ON THE FEEDBACK ACTIONS OF GONADAL STEROIDS ON GONADOTROPIN AND PROLACTIN SECRETION: EFFECTS, SITES AND MECHANISM OF ACTION 311
38. CLINICAL ASPECTS
39. 30. CLINICAL ASPECTS OF PRENATAL STEROIDAL ACTION ON SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC BEHAVIOR 325
40. 31. ON THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF CARBOHYDRATE ACTIVE STEROIDS ON TASTANT DETECTION AND RECOGNITION 339
41. SUMMATION
42. 32. OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE 355
43. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 373
44. NAME INDEX 375
45. SUBJECT INDEX 378