title: Neuroendocrine mechanisms of the formation of adaptive behavior.
abstract: The behavioral and neuroendocrine responses of the body to external changes are determined by genetically determined programs of individual development, and are established during pre- and post-natal ontogenesis. These responses, however, can be changed by stress or administration of corticosteroid hormones in "critical periods" of the body's development. Mineralo- and glucocorticoid receptors mediate the "inhibition" of particular neuroendocrine or neuromediator systems, promoting behavioral modification.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology and Pathology, I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Shalyapina
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Ordyan
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Pivina
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Rakitskaya
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D011987:Receptors, Steroid