L1 Flashcards
The scientific study of the interaction between hormones and behaviour
behavioural endocrinology
coordinated responses of an organism to internal / external stimuli (ie. environment)
behaviour
Complex network of nerves and cells that carry messages to / from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body
nervous system
collection of glands in an organism and the hormones produced by these glands
endocrine system
The endocrine system includes the ___, ____, _____ and ____ glands, as well as the _____. It also includes organs such as the ____, _______ _____.
adrenal, thryoid, parathyroid, pituitary, hypothalamus, testes, ovaries, pancreas
network of cells, tissues and organs that work together to protect the body from pathogens (or from itself)
immune system
Starling and Bayliss examined ____ secretion in dogs. They realized that whenever food or ___ was put into the ___, the pancreas would ____. This effect would be seen even if all the ___ were removed from the duodenum. Thus they postulated that rather than the two organs communicating via the ___ system, they were communicating by a _____ signal sent by the duodenum (ie. _____)
pancreatic, acid, duodenum, nerves, nervous, blood-borne, secretin
Starling defined that hormones are ___ ____ which speeding from cell to cell along the bloodstream, may ___ the activities and ____ of different parts of the body
chemical messengers, coordinate, growths
Berthold’s first formal experiment in endocrinology showed that male chickens that were _____ showed lower male-typical behaviour. However, either ___ or _____ of the testes resulted in normal male behaviour.
caponized, transplantation, reimplantation
Berthold’s experiment showed that testes are _____ organs, and that if they are, they can function and produce ____. Because all the testes functioned normally after all the nerves were severed, there are no specific nerves _____ testicular function. Berthold proposed that the testes must release some _____ ___ ____ product that’s responsible for the normal development of birds
transplantable, sperm, directing, secretory blood borne
In the late 19th century, physicians began reporting successful treatment of patients with ____ ____, by administering extracts of ____ ____ ______ (e.g. thyroid, adrenal glands, pancreas)
hormone deficiencies, animal endocrine tissues
The term hormone, was coined by _____ in the early ____ century, which triggered an increased interest in research in hormones
Sterling, 20th
In the mid 20th century, Frank A Beach and William C. _____ produced ____ research on hormones and mating behaviour, which truly began the field of behavioural endocrinology
Young, seminal
In the late 20th century, the scientific journal _____ and _____, made its first publication. In ____, the society for behavioural neuroendocrinology was formed
hormones, behaviour, 1996
an organic chemical messenger released from endocrine cells that travels through the blood system to interact with cells at some distance away and causes a biological response
hormone