Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Part I. Sex steriod-responsive circuits regulating male and female reproductive behaviours -- Hormonal influence on neurons of the mating behaviour pathway in male hamsters / Ruth I. Wood and Sarah W. Newman -- Neural circuitry for the hormonal control of male sex behavior / Pauline Yahr -- Estrogen receptor mRNA : neuroanatomical distribution and regulation in three behaviorally relevant physiological models / Joan I. Morrell [and others] -- Hormonal regulation of limbic and hypothalamic pathways / Richard B. Simerly -- Part II. Sex steroid interaction with specific neurochemical circuits -- Ovarian steroid interactions with hypothalamic oxytocin circuits involved in reproductive behavior / Loretta M. Flanagan and Bruce S. McEwen -- Sex steroid regulation of hypothalamic opioid function / Ronald P. Hammer, Jr., and Sun Cheung -- Effects of sex steroids on the cholecystokinin circuit modulating reproductive behavior / Paul Popper, Catherine A. Priest, and Paul E. Micevych -- Cholinergic regulation of female sexual behavior / Gary Dohanich -- Sex steroid regulation of tachykinin peptides in neuronal circuitry mediating reproductive functions / Thomas R. Akesson and Paul E. Micevych -- Dopaminergic influences on male rat sexual behavior / Elaine M. Hull -- Studying neurotransmitter systems to understand development and function of sex differences in the brain : the case of vasopressin / Geert J. De Vries -- Part III. Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulated by sex steroids -- Neurosteroids and neuroactive steroids / Paul Robel and Etienne-Emile Baulieu -- Estrogen synthesis and secretion by the songbird brain / Barney A. Schlinger and Arthur P. Arnold -- Neurobiological regulation of hormonal response by progestin and estrogen receptors / Jeffrey D. Blaustein, Marc J. Tetel, and John M. Meredith -- Molecular actions of steroid hormones and their possible relations to reproductive behaviors / Mona Freidin and Donald Pfaff -- Effects of sex steroids on the central nervous system detected by the study of Fos protein expression / Gloria E. Hoffman [and others] -- Developmental interactions of estrogens with the neurotrophins and their receptors / C. Dominique Toran-Allerand -- Sex steroid influences on cell-cell interactions in the magnocellular hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system / Glenn I. Hatton.

Neurobiological Effects of Sex Steroid Hormones describes the neurobiological basis for the understanding of how sex steroid hormones, oestrogen and testosterone, interact with parts of the brain. The contributors have all made significant advances in the understanding of how these steroids regulate neural function, and how this activity is translated into reproductive behaviours necessary for the propagation of the species. This book covers a broad range of topics, extending from the molecular and cellular processes, through the action of steroids on neurotransmission, all the way to defining the brain circuitry involved in both male and female behaviour. This volume presents a snapshot of the rapidly advancing field of reproductive neuroendocrinology by the investigators who are most intimately involved with the discoveries.