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Hormonal and Behavioral Rhythms Related to Reproduction

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Molecular and Cellular Basis of Social Behavior in Vertebrates

Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology ((COMPARATIVE,volume 3))

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Rhythmicity is a characteristic property of most cells and multicellular systems (Aschoff 1981a; Bünning 1958) including neuroendocrine systems (Bäckström et al. 1982; Gunnet and Freeman 1983; Jansson et al. 1985; Kalra and Kaira 1983; Knobil and Plant 1978; Lincoln and Short 1980; Plant 1986) and animal (Rusak and Zucker 1975) and human (Aschoff and Wever 1981) behavior. Most work on the neurohormonal control mechanisms of behavioral rhythms in vertebrates has used rhythms which are easily monitored, such as the activity rhythms of hamsters (Rusak and Zucker 1979) and sparrows (Menaker and Binkley 1981). Work on neuroendocrine rhythms has similarly been concentrated on rhythms, which are easily accessible by experimental procedures or coupled to overt behavioral rhythms, which can be easily studied, such as the ovulatory and behavioral estrous cycle of the hamster (Alleva et al. 1971). There are few, if any, examples of cases in which a neuroendocrine rhythm has been demonstrated to be causally related to a behavioral rhythm. This would appear particularly true for rhythms in vertebrate social behaviors. Instances in which the possibility exists that a neuroendocrine rhythm is related, perhaps causally related, to a rhythm in a social behavior are perhaps most easily found among behaviors related to reproduction. This chapter will provide a brief outline of the characteristics of the various types of rhythms which have been described.

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Södersten, P. (1989). Hormonal and Behavioral Rhythms Related to Reproduction. In: Balthazart, J. (eds) Molecular and Cellular Basis of Social Behavior in Vertebrates. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73827-2_1

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