Environmental Endocrinology: Proceedings of an International Symposium, Held in Montpellier (France), 11 – 15, July 1977

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Introduction: What is Environmental Endocrinology?....Pages 1-2
Introductory Lecture—Emotion and Stress....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Seasonal States and Endocrine Levels in Insects....Pages 10-19
Annual Gonadal Cycles in Teleosts: Environmental Factors and Gonadotropin Levels in Blood....Pages 20-25
Environmental Regulation of Annual Reproductive Cycles in the Catfish Heteropneustes fossilis ....Pages 26-27
Environmental Control of Annual Ovarian Cycle in the Toad Bufo bufo bufo L.: Role of Temperature....Pages 28-36
Reptilian Reproductive Cycles and Environmental Regulators....Pages 37-43
Environmental Endocrinology and the Control of Annual Reproductive Cycles in Passerine Birds....Pages 44-51
Annual Endocrine Cycles and Environment in Birds with Special Reference to Male Ducks....Pages 52-60
Regulation of Reproductive Cycles of Tropical Spotted Munia and Weaverbird....Pages 61-63
Breeding Cycles in Three Species of African Ungulates....Pages 64-72
The Annual Cycle of Plasma Testosterone and Territorial Behavior in the Roe Deer....Pages 73-74
Annual Cyclic Variations in Prolactin in Sheep....Pages 75-78
Seasonal Reproductive Activity of the European Wild Boar. Comparison with the Domestic Sow....Pages 79-80
Field Studies in Southern Tunisia on Water Turnover and Thyroid Activity in Two Species of Meriones....Pages 81-84
Seasonal Changes of the Testicular and Thyroid Functions in the Badger, Meles meles L.....Pages 85-86
Day Length and the Annual Reproductive Cycle in the Ferret ( Mustela furo ): the Role of the Pineal Body....Pages 87-93
Photoperiodic Mechanism in Hamsters: the Participation of the Pineal Gland....Pages 94-102
Seasonal Variations in the Endocrine System of Hibernators....Pages 103-110
Seasonal Changes and Environmental Control of Testicular Function in the Hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus L.....Pages 111-112
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Annual Endocrine Rhythms in Healthy Young Adult Men: Their Implication in Human Biology and Medicine....Pages 113-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Endocrine Concomitants of the Sleep-Wake Rhythm in Man....Pages 124-131
Effect of Sex Hormones on the Circadian Rhythm of Slow-Wave and Paradoxical Sleep in Female Rats....Pages 132-136
Role of Brain Monoamines in the Regulation of the Circadian Variations of Activity of some Neuroendocrine Axes....Pages 137-143
Diurnal Rhythms and the Seasonal Reproductive Cycle in Birds....Pages 144-152
Central Neural Control of Endocrine Rhythms in the Rat....Pages 153-162
Circadian Pattern of Secretion of Hormones by the Anterior Pituitary Gland with Particular Reference to the Involvement of Serotonin in Their Rhythmic Regulation....Pages 163-171
Circadian Rhythms Within and Outside Their Ranges of Entrainment....Pages 172-181
Effects of Ahemeral Environmental Periodicities on the Rhythms of Adrenocortical and Locomotor Functions in Rats and Japanese Quail....Pages 182-184
Problems of Re-entrainment of Circadian Rhythms: Asymmetry Effect, Dissociation and Partition....Pages 185-195
Rapid Re-entrainment of the Estrous Cycle of Hamsters to Reversal of Scotophase and Photophase....Pages 196-199
Responses of the Diurnal Locomotor and Adrenocortical Rhythms in Rats exposed to a Weekly 8-Hour Phase-Shift of the Zeitgeber....Pages 200-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Hormonal Control of Sodium Transport by the Gills of Teleost Fish....Pages 204-209
Environment and Osmoregulation among Lungfishes and Amphibians....Pages 210-216
Osmoregulation and Hormones in Reptiles....Pages 217-221
Hormonal Regulation of Salt and Water Balance in Granivorous Birds....Pages 222-229
Endocrine Response in Osmoregulation: Hormonal Adaptation in Aquatic Birds....Pages 230-239
Hormones and Mammalian Osmoregulation....Pages 240-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Feedback and Facilitation in the Adrenocortical System and the Endocrine Responses to Repeated Stimuli....Pages 252-259
Is Posterior-Hypophysial Corticotropin Involved in Neurogenic Stress?....Pages 260-261
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Endocrine Responses to Acoustic Stresses....Pages 262-269
Concentrations of Certain Hormones in the Blood of Human Males Subjected to Steady-State Noise....Pages 270-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Endocrine Responses to Elevated Ambient Pressure....Pages 276-282
High Altitude Hypoxia and Adrenal Development in the Rat: Enzymes for Biogenic Amines....Pages 283-289
Endocrine Responses to Chronic High Altitude Exposure....Pages 290-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
The Endocrine Component of Human Adaptation to Cold and Heat....Pages 294-301
Human Growth Hormone Secretion in Responses to Cold and Heat....Pages 302-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Neuroendocrine Aspects of Reproduction in Experimental Malnutrition....Pages 306-312
Endocrine Responses to Malnutrition in Animals with Special Reference to Metabolic Hormones....Pages 313-320
Endocrine Responses to Malnutrition in Man....Pages 321-329
Back Matter....Pages 330-336