Hormones and Brain Function

The International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology organized its second congress in Budapest between 1 and 3 July, 1971. The sudden death on the 27th of July, 1970, of Professor Max Reiss, the President of the Society, nearly caused a break in the preparation ofthe Congress, but with the invaluable help of Professor Donald H. Ford, Treasurer and Acting President, and Professor Francesca Brambilla, Secretary of the Society, the Organizing Committee surmounted the difficulties. The Organizing Committee of the Congress set out five main topics discussed in five sections by invited lecturers and collective papers by regis­ tered discussants. Technically, the Congress was organized by the Hungarian Physiological Society in cooperation with the Federation of Hungarian Medical Societies in the building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Thanks to the generosity of the Medical Section of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences we are able to publish the Pro­ ceedings of the Congress by the Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences jointly with Plenum Press, New York. The Congress was sponsored by the International Society of Psychoneuroendo­ crinology, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Hungarian Pharmaceutical Industry, the Factory of Electronic Measuring Instruments, the Upjohn Co., Kalamzoo, Michigan and the Wellcome Research Laboratory, Langley Court, Backenhom, Kent, England. On behalf of the Organizing Committee may I ex­ press our grateful thanks for their generous assistance which, despite many difficulties, made the successful organization of an international congress possible. Front Matter....Pages 1-13 Opening Address....Pages 15-15 Max Reiss Memorial Lecture....Pages 17-23 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 Mechanisms of Androgen Induced Masculine Differentiation of the Rat Brain....Pages 27-45 Sex Hormone-Dependent Differentiation of the Hypothalamus and Sexuality....Pages 47-51 The Role of Thyroid and Adrenocortical Hormones in the Biochemical Maturation of the Rat Brain....Pages 53-67 Disturbances of Myelination in Neonatally Thyroidectomized Rat Brains....Pages 69-78 Rna Synthesis in Embryonic Cerebellar Explants Cultured with Estradiol....Pages 79-81 Influence of Corticosterone and ACTH on the Postnatal Development of Learning and Memory Functions....Pages 83-89 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Interrelationships in the Control of ACTH and TSH Secretion....Pages 93-103 Relationship of Active Avoidance Learning to the Pituitary-Thyroid and Pituitary-Adrenocortical Responses to Cold Exposure in the Rat....Pages 105-108 Foetal Steroidogenesis....Pages 109-115 On the Location of the Neural Structures Involved in the Reserpine-Induced Hypersecretion of ACTH....Pages 117-122 Hypothalamic Mechanisms Controlling Anterior Pituitary Functions....Pages 123-142 Thyroxine Binding to Anterior Pituitary Proteins in Vitro: Correlation with Anterior Pituitary Growth....Pages 143-156 Hypophysiotropic Hormones, Cyclic AMP and Anterior Pituitary Protein Synthesis and Release....Pages 157-182 Psychoneuroendocrine Interactions in a Reflex Ovulator....Pages 183-194 Influence of Synthetic TRF Administration and Hypothalamic Stimulation Upon the Ultrastructure of Thyrotrophs....Pages 195-201 The Effect of Oestradiol on Pituitary-Adrenal Function in Intact and Thyroidectomized Rats....Pages 203-206 Studies on the Regulation of Pituitary-Adrenal-Thyroid and Gonadal Functions in Rats with Hypothalamic Lesions....Pages 207-212 Effect of Synthetic TSH-Releasing Factor (TRF) and of Some TRF Analogues on Pituitary Function....Pages 213-218 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Effect of Hypothalamic Deafferentations on Puberty in the Male Rat....Pages 219-223 Mechanisms Controlling Pituitary Gonadotropin Secretion in Prepuberal Rats....Pages 225-230 The Role of Pineal Principles in the Control of ACTH Secretion....Pages 231-236 Effect of Dehydrobenzperidol on Pituitary Adrenal Function....Pages 237-240 Front Matter....Pages 241-241 Action of Neurotropic Drugs on the Tropic Functions of the Pituitary....Pages 243-251 Action of Central Cholinolytics and Oestrogens on Gonadotropic Release after Destruction of the Amygdala in Rats....Pages 253-257 The Role of Brain Monoamines in the Susceptibility to Seizures Brought about by Chemical and Electrical Stimulations....Pages 259-272 Analgesia, Tolerance and Drug Dependence....Pages 273-283 Brain Monoaminergic Mechanisms and Hypothalamic—Pituitary—Adrenal Activity....Pages 285-286 Influence of Some Neurotropic Drugs on the Hypothalamo—Pituitary—Adrenal System after Dexamethasone Blockade....Pages 287-292 Effect of Chronic Ethanol Administration on Adenyl Cyclase and Cyclic 3′,5′-Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase Activities of Mouse Brain....Pages 293-296 L-Dopa: Its Action on Sexual Behaviour and Brain Monoamines of the Rat....Pages 297-304 Sexual Behaviour after Neonatal Reserpine and pCPA Treatment with Comment about Hypothalamic Indole Amines in the Rat....Pages 305-313 A Comparison of Chlorpromazine-Induced Extrapyramidal Syndrome in Male and Female Rats....Pages 315-326 Front Matter....Pages 327-327 Accumulation of 3 H-Lysine in Limbic and Brainstem Structures....Pages 329-334 Facilitatory and Inhibitory Mesencephalic Influence on Gonadotropin Release....Pages 335-345 Correlated Changes in Gonadotropin Release and Electrical Activity of the Hypothalamus Induced by Electrical Stimulation of the Hippocampus in Immature and Mature Rats....Pages 347-374 Steroid Sensitivity of the Nervous System....Pages 375-378 An Evolutionary Approach to the Investigation of PsychoneuroEndocrine Functions....Pages 379-389 The Role of the Posterior Pituitary and Its Peptides on the Maintenance of Conditioned Avoidance Behaviour....Pages 391-397 Front Matter....Pages 327-327 Correlations between the Pituitary-Adrenal Function and the Exploratory Activity, Learning Behaviour and Limbic Functions....Pages 399-408 Brain-Endocrine Interaction: Are Some Effects of ACTH and Adrenocortical Hormones on Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behaviour Mediated Via Central Catecholamine Neurons?....Pages 409-425 Pituitary-Adrenocortical Hormone Influences on Multiple Units in the Brainstem and Forebrain Structures....Pages 427-436 Effect of Septal Lesions on Adrenal Cortical and Medullary Activity During Stress....Pages 437-441 Sexual Motivation in the Neonatally Androgen-Treated Female Rat....Pages 443-448 Afferent Brainstem Pathways to Hypothalamus and to Limbic System in the Rat....Pages 449-457 Some Physiological Aspects of Emotional Stress....Pages 459-474 Front Matter....Pages 475-475 Endocrinological Studies on Periodic Psychoses....Pages 477-489 Endocrinological Treatment of Psychoses....Pages 491-497 Longitudinal Study of Catecholamine Metabolism in Periodic Catatonia....Pages 499-506 Metabolism of Androgenic Steroids in Human Skin....Pages 507-519 Secretion of LH and FSH During Sleep in Man....Pages 521-526 Basal Pituitary-Gonadal Function in Impotency Evaluated By Blood Testosterone and LH Assays....Pages 527-529 Opening address.- Max Reiss memorial lecture.- Section I Neonatal and ontogenetic aspects of neuroendocrinology.- Mechanisms of androgen induced masculine differentiation of the rat brain.- Sex hormone-dependent differentiation of the hypothalamus and sexuality.- The role of thyroid and adrenocortical hormones in the biochemical maturation of the rat brain.- Disturbances of myelination in neonatally thyroidectomized rat brains.- RNA synthesis in embryonic cerebellar explants cultured with estradiol.- Influence of corticosterone and ACTH on the postnatal development of learning 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