Abstract：
:Findings from previous studies of hormone-mediated behavior in women suggest that raised progesterone level increases the probability of behaviors that will reduce the likelihood of disruption to fetal development during pregnancy (e.g. increased avoidance of sources of contagion). Here, we tested women's (N=52) sensitivity to potential cues to nearby sources of contagion (disgusted facial expressions with averted gaze) and nearby physical threat (fearful facial expressions with averted gaze) at two points in the menstrual cycle differing in progesterone level. Women demonstrated a greater tendency to perceive fearful and disgusted expressions with averted gaze as more intense than those with direct gaze when their progesterone level was relatively high. By contrast, change in progesterone level was not associated with any change in perceptions of happy expressions with direct and averted gaze, indicating that our findings for disgusted and fearful expressions were not due to a general response bias. Collectively, our findings suggest women are more sensitive to facial cues signalling nearby contagion and physical threat when raised progesterone level prepares the body for pregnancy.
journal_name
Horm Behavjournal_title
Hormones and behaviorauthors
Conway CA,Jones BC,DeBruine LM,Welling LL,Law Smith MJ,Perrett DI,Sharp MA,Al-Dujaili EAdoi
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-02-01 00:00:00pages
202-6issue
2eissn
0018-506Xissn
1095-6867pii
S0018-506X(06)00272-8journal_volume
51pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The anxiety- and stress-related neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) elicits behavioral changes in vertebrates including increases in behavioral arousal and locomotor activity. Intracerebroventricular injections of CRF in an amphibian, the roughskin newt (Taricha granulosa), induces rapid increases in loc...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.04.006
更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In recent years, there has been a notable interest in studying prey-predator relationships to develop rodent-based models for the neurobehavioral aspects of stress and emotion. However, despite the growing use of transgenic mice and results showing important differences in the behavioral responses of rats and mice, li...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.018
更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Sex differences in incidence and severity of some stress-related, neuropsychiatric disorders are often reported to favor men, suggesting that women may be more vulnerable to aberrant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses to stress. In this review, we discuss several investigations that we, and others, ha...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.06.003
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.03.017
更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The vertebrate hippocampus (HP) plays a critical role in the organization of memory. Estrogens alter synaptic morphology and function in the mammalian HP and may potentiate memory performance. Previous studies suggest that the songbird HP itself is a site of significant aromatase expression, intimating that local estr...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1998.1447
更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Due to the differential cost of reproduction in promiscuous species, like domesticated goat(s) (Capra hircus), it is expected that females should mate with higher quality males, while males should mate with a greater number of females. Females may use conspicuous secondary sexual characteristics of males such as court...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.019
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.001
更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Attractivity is one aspect of female sexuality relevant for the understanding of male-female sexual interactions. In a previous study, it was shown that intact males were equally attracted to early androgenized, gonadally intact females as to normally developed, estrous females. The present study was designed to inves...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(86)90001-2
更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Filial imprinting is the behavior observed in chicks during the sensitive or critical period of the first 2-3 days after hatching; however, after this period they cannot be imprinted when raised in darkness. Our previous study showed that temporal augmentation of the endogenous thyroid hormone 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.05.011
更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.11.007
更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previous studies from our laboratory indicate that somatosensory inputs to the snout and ventral trunk, but not visual or auditory stimuli, play critical roles in the elicitation and maintenance of maternal aggression by lactating Norway rats toward a strange male intruder. There are conflicting reports on the influen...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1995.1285
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In ovariectomized (OVX) Sprague-Dawley rats, estradiol benzoate (EB) has been reported to decrease rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep during the dark phase for up to 3 days. It is unknown, however, if estrogenic effects on sleep extend beyond 3 days or if other estrogens could induce the same changes. F...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.018
更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The present study examined whether the following variables putatively associated with prenatal androgens are inter-related in women: spatial abilities, sexual orientation, and 2nd to 4th finger (digit) length ratio (2D:4D). Participants were 99 healthy premenopausal women tested in the menstrual phase of the ovarian c...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.09.003
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Maternal melatonin provides photoperiodic information to the fetus and thus influences the regulation and timing of the offspring's internal rhythms and preparation for extra-uterine development. There is clinical evidence that melatonin deprivation of both mother and fetus during pregnancy, and of the neonate during ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.08.006
更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:It is well established that in many avian species, prenatal maternal resource allocation varies both between and within clutches and may affect offspring fitness. Differential allocation of maternal resources, in terms of egg weight and yolk composition, may therefore allow the female to adjust brood reduction and to ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.03.009
更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1997.1366
更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Dominance status in hamsters is driven by interactions between arginine-vasopressin V1a, oxytocin (OT), and serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) receptors. Activation of V1a and OT receptors in the anterior hypothalamus (AH) increases aggression in males, while decreasing aggression in females. In contrast, activation of 5-HT1A rece...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104878
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In a previous study we found that mother rats show more drinking responses than virgins in the punished drinking paradigm, an animal model for anxiety. The present investigation was carried out to determine the possible mechanisms underlying this naturally occurring anticonflict effect. In Experiment 1, we investigate...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(90)90004-h
更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This work tested the hypothesis that gonadal steroid receptor activation was necessary for the restoration of several sociosexual behaviors (such as copulatory behavior, partner preference, 50-kHz vocalizations, and scent marking) in testosterone-treated gonadectomized male rats. Gonadal steroid receptors were blocked...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1998.1445
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Intact male rats were tested on two successive weekly tests with females to determine their level of sexual activity. Nuclear estrogen receptor content was measured in specific brain regions of individual sexually responsive and sexually nonresponsive males. Sexually nonresponsive male rats had significantly reduced n...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(85)90022-4
更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0018-506x(90)90033-t
更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Like many teleosts, male bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) provide sole parental care. To understand some of the proximate costs of parental care, we measured body condition and plasma levels of testosterone (T), 11-ketotestosterone (11KT) and cortisol in nesting bluegill males during pre-spawning, spawning and p...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.12.003
更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In human females cyclic shifts in preference have been documented for odour and physical and behavioral male traits. Women prefer the smell of dominant males, more masculine male faces and men behaving more dominantly when at peak fertility than at other times in their menstrual cycle. Here we examine variation in pre...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.006
更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Chemical communication is a critical component of social behavior as it facilitates social encounters, allows for evaluation of the social partner, defines territories and resources, and advertises information such as sex and physiological state of an animal. Odors provide a key source of information about the social ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.02.005
更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) plays a critical role in the mediation of physiological and behavioral responses to stressors. In the present study, we investigated the role played by the CRF system within the medial amygdala (MeA) in the modulation of anxiety and fear-related responses. Male Wistar rats were bil...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.01.004
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are fossorial, eusocial rodents that live in colonies which typically include 60-80 individuals. Generally, only one of the females and 1-3 of the males in a colony are reproductives. The reproductives engage in mutual genital nuzzling behavior that is rarely exhibited by subord...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.01.013
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Neuropeptides, especially oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP), have been implicated in several features of monogamy including alloparenting. The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of OT and AVP in alloparental behavior in reproductively naïve male prairie voles. Males received intracerebrove...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.01.004
更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Mating, marking and the sexually dimorphic area (SDA) were studied in male gerbils that were castrated or sham-operated on the day of birth and in females given testosterone (T) propionate or oil 1 day later. Other females received dihydrotestosterone (DHT), R1881, estradiol benzoate (EB), R2858, DHT and EB, or DHT an...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/hbeh.1996.0015
更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Individual differences in maternal behavior in rodents are associated with altered physiology and behavior in offspring across their lifespan and across generations. Offspring of rat dams that engage in high frequencies of high-arched-back nursing and pup-licking (High-LG) show attenuated stress responses compared to ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.08.007
更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Experiments were conducted to investigate the sex-specific differences to feeding responses of the shore crab Carcinus maenas throughout the year. Results demonstrate that female shore crabs exhibit stronger feeding responses than males throughout the year with a significantly reduced feeding response in males during ...
journal_title：Hormones and behavior
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.004
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
