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Essential single-volume review for the individual researcher or student of the mechanisms by which hormones impact the brain and behavior.

Table of Contents

Section I: Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms 1. Rapid Membrane Effects of Estrogen in the CNS, Martin J. Kelly & Oline K. Rønnekleiv (Oregon Health Sciences Univ, USA) 2. Estrogen Regulation of Neurotransmitter and Growth Factor Signaling, Anne Etgen & Luis Garcia-Segura (The Cajal Institute, Spain) 3. Genetic Mechanisms in Neural and Hormonal Controls Over Female Reproductive Behaviors, Donald Pfaff (Rockefeller Univ, USA) 4. Molecular Biology of estrogen receptor action, Zafar Nawaz (Univ of Miami, USA) 5. Molecular Biology of Androgen Action, Kathryn J. Jones (Loyola Univ, USA) 6. Androgen Actions on Receptors and Channels: Regulation of Electrical Excitability and Synaptic Transmission, Leslie P. Henderson & Carlos A.A. Penatti (Dartmouth Medical School, USA) 7. Model Systems for the Study of Androgen-Regulated Gene Expression in the Central Nervous System, Donald J. Tindall & Hannelore V. Heemers (Mayo Clinic, USA) 8. Thyroid hormones in neural tissue, Ronald Michael Lechank, Csaba Fekete & Roberto Toni (Univ of Bologna, Italy) 9. Nuclear mechanisms of glucocorticoid action, Gordon Hager, Diana Stavreva & Ty C. Voss (NIH, USA) 10. Acute Corticosteroid Actions in the Brain: Cellular Mechanisms and Behavioral Consequences, Miles Orchinik, Paul Gasser & Christopher Lowry (Univ of Bristol, UK) 11. Corticosteroid Actions on Electrical Activity in the Brain, E. Ronald de Kloet, Marian Joëls, Henk Karst & Harm J. Krugers (Leiden Univ, Netherlands) 12. Molecular genomics of mineralocorticoid actions, Peter J. Fuller & Morag Young (Prince Henry's Inst of Medical Research, Australia) 13. Molecular genomics of progestin actions, Marc Tetel & Carol Lange (Wellesley College, USA) 14. Mechanism of Progesterone Receptor Action in the Brain, Shaila K. Mani & Bert W. O'Malley (Baylor College, USA) 15. Progesterone: Synthesis, Metabolism, Mechanisms of Action, and Effects in the Nervous System: An Overview, Michael Schumacher (INSERM, France) 16. Neuroactive Steroids and the GABA-A Receptor, Sheryl S. Smith (SUNY Health Sci Center, USA)

Section II: Development of Hormone-Dependent Neuronal Systems, Sexual Differentiation 17. Sex differences in the brain in the age of genetics, Arthur P. Arnold (UCLA, USA) 18. Sexual Differentiation of the Brain: Mode, Mechanisms, and Meaning, Geert J. De Vries & Nancy Forger (UMass Amherst, USA) 19. Early Life Experiences: Enduring Behavioral, Neurological and Endocrinological Consequences, Regina Sullivan, Russell Romeo & Akaysha C. Tang (Univ of Oklahoma, USA) 20. Thyroid Hormones and Brain Development, Juan Bernal (Univ of Madrid, Spain) 21. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Puberty, Sergio R. Ojeda & Ei Terasawa (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 22. Sex steroids and neural growth in adulthood, Bradley Cooke & Catherine S. Woolley (Northwestern, USA) 23. Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Brain, Liisa Galea (Univ of British Columbia, Canada) 24. Estrogen and Progesterone in aging and damaged nervous systems, Patti Hurn & Donald Stein (Emory University, USA)

Section III: Neuropeptides & Neuromodulators 25. Oxytocin, Larry Young & Hans H. Zingg (McGill Univ, Canada) 26. Vasopressin Receptors, Joseph G. Verbalis (Georgetown, USA) 27. The Cell Biology of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Cells, Jeffrey G. Tasker, Dominique A. Poulain & Dionysia T. Theodosis (Univ Bordeaux, France) 28. Energy Partitioning, Ingestive Behavior and Reproductive Success, Jill Schneider & Alan G. Watts (USC, USA) 29. Stress, Opioid Peptides and their Receptors, Ryszard Przewlocki (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) 30. Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone, P. Michael Conn, Lothar Jennes, Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre, Jo Ann Janovick & Valeriya Adjan (Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, USA) 31. Corticotropin-Releasing Factor: Putative Neurotransmitter Actions of a Neurohormone, Rita J. Valentino & Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele (Thomas Jefferson Univ, USA)

About the Author

Donald W. Pfaff heads the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University. He received his scientific training at Harvard College and MIT. He is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pfaff's laboratory focuses on steroid hormones and brain function, genes influencing neuronal functions, and generalized CNS arousal. He is the author or coauthor of over 10 books and more than 900 research publications.