Table of Contents

Section I.Characterizing the Phenomena: Hormone Effects are Strong and ReliableSection II. History: Hormone Effects can Depend on Family, Gender, and DevelopmentSection III.Time: Hormonal Effects on Behavior Depend on Temporal ParametersSection IV.Space: Spatial Aspects of Hormone Administration and Impact are ImportantSection V.Mechanisms: Molecular and Biophysical Mechanisms of Hormone Actions Give Clues to Future Therapeutic StrategiesSection VI.Environment: Environmental Variables Influence Hormone/Behavior RelationsSection VII.Evolution

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VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A

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"The text is a pleasure to read. The authors adopt an informal conversational style for their discussion that evokes the comfortable air of a seminar course with a favorite professor. ...It invites and excites the reader to dig deeper into the many uncertain and unexplained areas of neuroendocrinology. It shows the reader that this is a field ready for exciting advances and a worthy arena in which to spend one's career." --William J. Kovacs, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas in BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY (July 2005) "This is an exceptional text that provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of topical material in endocrinology, neuroscience, and behavior...The emphasize on research approaches, balanced with integration of findings from such approaches, enables the text to be used by a broad range of student populations. It would be suitable for use in an advanced undergraduate class, as well as by graduate and medial students, alike." -Cheryl Frye, University of Albany