title: Comparative neuroendocrinology of steroid receptor gene expression and regulation: Relationship to physiology and behavior.
abstract: Great diversity exists among vertebrates in reproductive behaviors and the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying these behaviors. Comparisons of species with different hormone-brain-behavior relationships reveal three factors which may explain species differences in endocrine physiology and behavior: (a) sensitivity to sex steroid hormones, (b) hormone-dependent regulation of sex steroid hormone receptor gene expression, and (c) neuroanatomical distribution of steroid receptor gene expression, especially in nonlimbic structures.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crews