title: Social regulation of gene expression in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.
abstract: Reproduction is a critically important event in every animals' life and in all vertebrates is controlled by the brain via the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. In many species, this axis, and hence reproductive fitness, can be profoundly influenced by the social environment. Here, we review how the reception of information in a social context causes genomic changes at each level of the HPG axis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. maruska@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Karen P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Maruska
authors.forename: Russell D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fernald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D023681:Cichlids / Q000235:genetics; D004703:Endocrine System / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006066:Gonads / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D043762:Reproductive Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D012931:Social Environment; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone