How technical progress reshaped behavioral neuroendocrinology during the last 50 years… and some methodological remarks.

Abstract:

:The first issue of Hormones and Behavior was published 50 years ago in 1969, a time when most of the techniques we currently use in Behavioral Endocrinology were not available. Researchers have during the last 5 decades developed techniques that allow measuring hormones in small volumes of biological samples, identify the sites where steroids act in the brain to activate sexual behavior, characterize and quantify gene expression correlated with behavior expression, modify this expression in a specific manner, and manipulate the activity of selected neuronal populations by chemogenetic and optogenetic techniques. This technical progress has considerably transformed the field and has been very beneficial for our understanding of the endocrine controls of behavior in general, but it did also come with some caveats. The facilitation of scientific investigations came with some relaxation of methodological exigency. Some critical controls are no longer performed on a regular basis and complex techniques supplied as ready to use kits are implemented without precise knowledge of their limitations. We present here a selective review of the most important of these new techniques, their potential problems and how they changed our view of the hormonal control of behavior. Fortunately, the scientific endeavor is a self-correcting process. The problems have been identified and corrections have been proposed. The next decades will obviously be filled with exciting discoveries in behavioral neuroendocrinology.

journal_name

Horm Behav

journal_title

Hormones and behavior

authors

Balthazart J

doi

10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104682

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-02-01 00:00:00

pages

104682

eissn

0018-506X

issn

1095-6867

pii

S0018-506X(20)30008-8

journal_volume

118

pub_type

历史文章,杂志文章,评审
  • Female goats use courtship display as an honest indicator of male quality.

    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

    authors: Longpre KM,Koepfinger ME,Katz LS

    更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00

  • Effects of environmental stress on mRNA and protein expression levels of steroid 5alpha-Reductase isozymes in adult rat brain.

    abstract::Environmental stress conditions are important factors in human health and should be considered in the development of appropriate health policies, since they have been associated with psychological disorders and even with death. A link between stress and changes in 3alpha,5alpha-reduced neurosteroids has been reported....

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.07.001

    authors: Sánchez P,Torres JM,Olmo A,O'Valle F,Ortega E

    更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00

  • Within seasons and among years: when are corticosterone levels repeatable?

    abstract::Hormones play a central role in integrating internal and external cues to help mediate life-history decisions as well as changes in behavior and physiology of individuals. Describing the consistency of endocrine traits within and among individuals is an important step for understanding whether hormonal traits are depe...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.08.004

    authors: Ouyang JQ,Hau M,Bonier F

    更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00

  • Duration of hormonal deprivation: influences on physiological and behavioral responsiveness to estradiol.

    abstract::A total of 54 ovariectomized female guinea pigs were divided into three groups and tested six times at 2-week intervals for their responsiveness to exogenous ovarian hormones (3 days of 4 micrograms/kg estradiol benzoate plus 1 day of 0.4 mg/kg progesterone) or control injections (0.2 ml oil vehicle). Two weeks after ...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0018-506x(85)90005-4

    authors: Czaja JA,Butera PC,McCaffrey TA

    更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00

  • Oxytocin antagonist treatments alter the formation of pair relationships in zebra finches of both sexes.

    abstract::Oxytocin and vasopressin are known to be important in affiliative behaviors. Although these peptides have been shown to be involved in monogamous pairing behavior in a few mammalian species, their role across monogamous species is not well understood. In particular, monogamy is most common in birds, yet the role of me...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.05.009

    authors: Pedersen A,Tomaszycki ML

    更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00

  • Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances during pregnancy and child behaviour at 5 to 9years of age.

    abstract::We examined associations between prenatal exposure to perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and perfluorodecanic acid (PFDA) - and child behaviour (SDQ-total) and hyperactivity (sub-scale) at 5-9years of age in birth cohorts from Greenland and Ukraine. P...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.11.007

    authors: Høyer BB,Bonde JP,Tøttenborg SS,Ramlau-Hansen CH,Lindh C,Pedersen HS,Toft G

    更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00

  • Estrogen therapy and brain muscarinic receptor density in healthy females: a SPET study.

    abstract::Estrogen Therapy (ET) may protect against age-related cognitive decline and neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's disease). The biological basis for this putative neuroprotective effect is not fully understood, but may include modulation of cholinergic systems. Cholinergic dysfunction has been implicated in age...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.007

    authors: Norbury R,Travis MJ,Erlandsson K,Waddington W,Ell PJ,Murphy DG

    更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00

  • Chemical olfactory signals and parenthood in mammals.

    abstract::This article is part of a Special Issue "Chemosignals and Reproduction". In mammalian species, odor cues emitted by the newborn are essential to establish maternal behavior at parturition and coordinate early mother-infant interactions. Offspring odors become potent attractive stimuli at parturition promoting the cont...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.018

    authors: Corona R,Lévy F

    更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00

  • Fluoxetine potentiates the effects of corticotropin-releasing factor on locomotor activity and serotonergic systems in the roughskin newt, Taricha granulosa.

    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

    authors: Lowry CA,Hale MW,Burke KA,Renner KJ,Moore FL

    更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00

  • Behavioral profiles and stress-induced corticosteroid secretion in male Wistar rats subjected to short and prolonged periods of maternal separation.

    abstract::Early life experiences are important for the development of neurobiobehavioral mechanisms and subsequent establishment of mental functions. In experimental animals, early life experiences can be studied using the maternal separation model. Maternal separation has been described to induce neurobiological changes and th...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.06.016

    authors: Roman E,Gustafsson L,Berg M,Nylander I

    更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00

  • Specificity and neural sites of action of anisomycin in the reduction or facilitation of female sexual behavior in rats.

    abstract::These experiments were designed to investigate the role of neuronal protein synthesis in the hormonal activation of female sexual behavior using intracranial implants of the protein synthesis inhibitor, anisomycin. In the first experiment, female rats receiving bilateral cannulae implants in the medial preoptic area (...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0018-506x(85)90024-8

    authors: Meisel RL,Pfaff DW

    更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00

  • Estrogen implants in the medial preoptic area stimulate maternal behavior in male rats.

    abstract::The present study investigated whether the medial preoptic area (MPOA) mediates estrogen stimulation of maternal behavior in the male as it does in the female. Previous studies have shown that lesions of the medial preoptic area prevent sensitization of maternal behavior in male rats and that in gonadectomized, hormon...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1006/hbeh.1997.1430

    authors: Rosenblatt JS,Ceus K

    更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00

  • Effects of long-term treatment with 17 beta-estradiol and medroxyprogesterone acetate on water maze performance in middle aged female rats.

    abstract::Although previous research has indicated that hormone replacement therapy benefits memory in menopausal women, several recent studies have shown either detrimental or no effects of treatment. These inconsistencies emphasize the need to evaluate the role of ovarian hormones in protecting against age-related cognitive d...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.03.018

    authors: Lowry NC,Pardon LP,Yates MA,Juraska JM

    更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00

  • The relationship between dominance, corticosterone, memory, and food caching in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli).

    abstract::It has been hypothesized that in avian social groups subordinate individuals should maintain more energy reserves than dominants, as an insurance against increased perceived risk of starvation. Subordinates might also have elevated baseline corticosterone levels because corticosterone is known to facilitate fattening ...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0018-506x(03)00119-3

    authors: Pravosudov VV,Mendoza SP,Clayton NS

    更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00

  • Galanthamine plus estradiol treatment enhances cognitive performance in aged ovariectomized rats.

    abstract::We hypothesize that beneficial effects of estradiol on cognitive performance diminish with age and time following menopause due to a progressive decline in basal forebrain cholinergic function. This study tested whether galanthamine, a cholinesterase inhibitor used to treat memory impairment associated with Alzheimer'...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.08.010

    authors: Gibbs RB,Chipman AM,Hammond R,Nelson D

    更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00

  • Why we haven't died out yet: changes in women's mimic reactions to visual erotic stimuli during their menstrual cycles.

    abstract::From an evolutionary point of view, female sexual desire contributes greatly to the success of reproduction by coordinating sexual behavior. It is known that female sexual desire fluctuates with the menstrual cycle. However, little is known about the role of basic emotions during menstrual cycle. We designed a facial ...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.06.007

    authors: Mass R,Hölldorfer M,Moll B,Bauer R,Wolf K

    更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00

  • Ancestry trumps experience: Transgenerational but not early life stress affects the adult physiological stress response.

    abstract::Exposure to stressors can affect an organism's physiology and behavior as well as that of its descendants (e.g. through maternal effects, epigenetics, and/or selection). We examined the relative influence of early life vs. transgenerational stress exposure on adult stress physiology in a species that has populations w...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.11.010

    authors: McCormick GL,Robbins TR,Cavigelli SA,Langkilde T

    更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00

  • Year-to-year patterns of circulating levels of testosterone and corticosterone in relation to breeding density, experience, and reproductive success of the polygynous red-winged blackbird.

    abstract::To determine across-year patterns in plasma testosterone (T) and corticosterone (B) levels in free-living birds, we took blood samples in the same 2-week breeding period during 4 consecutive years from territorial male red-winged blackbirds. We used our data to test predictions of the "challenge hypothesis" of T secre...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0018-506x(92)90011-j

    authors: Beletsky LD,Orians GH,Wingfield JC

    更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00

  • The effects of oral micronized progesterone on smoked cocaine self-administration in women.

    abstract::There are currently no FDA-approved pharmacotherapies for cocaine abuse. Converging preclinical and clinical evidence indicates that progesterone may have potential as a treatment for cocaine-abusing women, who represent a growing portion of cocaine users. We have previously shown that oral progesterone reduced the po...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.12.009

    authors: Reed SC,Evans SM,Bedi G,Rubin E,Foltin RW

    更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00

  • Natural breeding conditions and artificial increases in testosterone have opposite effects on the brains of adult male songbirds: a meta-analysis.

    abstract::A meta-analysis of the literature shows that in adult male songbirds, brain mass, telencephalon volume and n. rotundus (a thalamic visual nucleus) volume increase from the nonbreeding season (low testosterone) to the breeding season (higher testosterone). These effects can at least partially be mimicked by photoperiod...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析

    doi:10.1006/hbeh.2001.1748

    authors: Smulders TV

    更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00

  • Dietary influences on growth and sexual maturation in premenarchial rhesus monkeys.

    abstract::The effect of a high-fat diet on growth, sexual maturation, and developmental changes in serum levels of estradiol (E2), growth hormone (GH), somatomedin-C (Sm-C), and insulin were examined in outdoor-housed premenarchial rhesus monkeys. From 16 to 32 months of age, females were fed either a high-fat diet (HFD, N = 5)...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0018-506x(88)90069-4

    authors: Schwartz SM,Wilson ME,Walker ML,Collins DC

    更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00

  • Aggressive encounters differentially affect serum dehydroepiandrosterone and testosterone concentrations in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

    abstract::The gonadal hormone testosterone (T) regulates aggression across a wide range of vertebrate species. Recent evidence suggests that the adrenal prohormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) may also play an important role in regulating aggression. DHEA can be converted into active sex steroids, such as T and estradiol (E(2)...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.07.004

    authors: Scotti MA,Schmidt KL,Newman AE,Bonu T,Soma KK,Demas GE

    更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00

  • Effects of testosterone propionate upon the sexual and aggressive behavior of adult male marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) castrated as neonates.

    abstract::In New World monkeys of the family Callitrichidae (marmosets and tamarins), females frequently give birth to dizygotic twins. Twins share a placental circulation throughout fetal development and are hemopoietic chimeras. Despite this, there is no masculinization (freemartinism) in females which develop next to a male ...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1006/hbeh.1993.1016

    authors: Dixson AF

    更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00

  • A daily rhythm in mating behavior in a diurnal murid rodent Arvicanthis niloticus.

    abstract::The time of day at which mating occurs is dramatically different in diurnal compared to nocturnal rodents. We used a diurnal murid rodent, Arvicanthis niloticus, to determine if inverted rhythms in responsiveness to hormones contribute to this difference. Male and hormone-primed female grass rats were tested for matin...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.07.006

    authors: Mahoney MM,Smale L

    更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00

  • The perfume of reproduction in birds: chemosignaling in avian social life.

    abstract::This article is part of a Special Issue "Chemosignals and Reproduction". Chemical cues were probably the first cues ever used to communicate and are still ubiquitous among living organisms. Birds have long been considered an exception: it was believed that birds were anosmic and relied on their acute visual and acoust...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.001

    authors: Caro SP,Balthazart J,Bonadonna F

    更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00

  • Membrane receptors for corticosterone: a mechanism for rapid behavioral responses in an amphibian.

    abstract::This paper reviews evidence that, in some cases, steroid hormones rapidly modulate behaviors by binding to specific cell-surface receptors on neurons. The evidence comes from research with an amphibian model, Taricha granulosa. In Taricha, stress and corticosterone inhibit reproductive behaviors with a rapidity that i...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1006/hbeh.1994.1049

    authors: Moore FL,Orchinik M

    更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00

  • Sexually active bucks are a critical social cue that activates the gonadotrope axis and early puberty onset in does.

    abstract::In rodents, early exposure to adult male is well known to induce an early puberty in females (Vandenbergh effect). This phenomenon has been less studied in other mammals. In goats, despite our extensive knowledge about the "male-effect" phenomenon in adults (i.e. ovulation induced by the introduction of the male durin...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.10.004

    authors: Chasles M,Chesneau D,Moussu C,Poissenot K,Beltramo M,Delgadillo JA,Chemineau P,Keller M

    更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00

  • Chronic corticosterone during pregnancy and postpartum affects maternal care, cell proliferation and depressive-like behavior in the dam.

    abstract::Stress during pregnancy and the postpartum can influence the well-being of both the mother and her offspring. Prolonged elevated levels of glucocorticoids are associated with depression and we developed an animal model of postpartum depression/stress based on high levels of corticosterone (CORT) during the postpartum....

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.07.012

    authors: Brummelte S,Galea LA

    更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00

  • Gender role behavior in children with XY karyotype and disorders of sex development.

    abstract::Children exhibit gender-typical preferences in play, toys, activities and interests, and playmates. Several studies suggest that high concentrations of pre- and postnatal androgens contribute to male-typical behavior development, whereas female-typical behavior develops in the absence of high androgens levels. This st...

    journal_title:Hormones and behavior

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.01.001

    authors: Jürgensen M,Hiort O,Holterhus PM,Thyen U

    更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00

  • Sex-specific mediation of foraging in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas.

    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

    authors: Hayden D,Jennings A,Müller C,Pascoe D,Bublitz R,Webb H,Breithaupt T,Watkins L,Hardege J

    更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00