Hormones, brain and behavior in birds: The Lehrman legacy

IF 2.5 3区医学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Hormones and Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-16 DOI:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105695

Gregory F. Ball

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Abstract

This short essay is based on the presentation I gave at the meeting of the Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology held in Tours, France in June 2023 when I received the Lehrman award for career achievement. I conducted my PhD at the Institute of Animal Behavior that was founded by Lehrman at Rutgers University. Although I never met Lehrman I was mentored by several scientists who had worked with him. I therefore decided to organize my essay about the Lehrman award around the enduring legacy of Lehrman's work as it influenced my career. Four aspects of the scientific legacy of Daniel Lehrman are distinguished and I discuss how these insights affected my own research program. A concise summary of the research I conducted in collaboration with PhD students and postdocs that relates to these topics is then presented. This research that involves several avian species includes studies of how behavior can influence the endocrine physiology and behavior of receivers of a particular signal. The cloning of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene in songbirds and analysis of the environmental factors influencing its expression demonstrated how the GnRH neuronal system is a key link between the perception of behavior and changes in endocrine physiology. Finally, there is a review of studies of the experimental analysis of the brain sites where testosterone acts to control the motivation to sing and the quality of song in songbirds that follow directly in the Lehrman line of work on how steroids regulate avian reproductive behaviors.

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鸟类的荷尔蒙、大脑和行为：Lehrman的遗产

这篇短文是根据我在2023年6月在法国图尔举行的行为神经内分泌学会会议上的演讲改编的，当时我获得了莱尔曼职业成就奖。我的博士学位是在罗格斯大学的动物行为研究所完成的，该研究所是由莱曼创立的。虽然我从未见过莱曼，但我受到了几位与他共事的科学家的指导。因此，我决定围绕着对我的职业生涯产生深远影响的莱曼作品，来组织我关于莱曼奖的文章。丹尼尔·莱曼的科学遗产有四个方面值得注意，我讨论了这些见解是如何影响我自己的研究项目的。我与博士生和博士后合作进行的与这些主题相关的研究的简要总结。这项研究涉及几个鸟类物种，包括研究行为如何影响内分泌生理学和特定信号接受者的行为。鸣禽促性腺激素释放激素（GnRH）基因的克隆和环境因素对其表达的影响表明，GnRH神经元系统是行为感知和内分泌生理变化之间的关键环节。最后，在Lehrman关于类固醇如何调节鸟类繁殖行为的研究中，对睾丸激素控制鸣禽鸣叫动机和鸣叫质量的大脑部位的实验分析进行了回顾。

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Hormones and Behavior 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

6.70

自引率

8.60%

发文量

139

审稿时长

91 days

期刊介绍： Hormones and Behavior publishes original research articles, reviews and special issues concerning hormone-brain-behavior relationships, broadly defined. The journal''s scope ranges from laboratory and field studies concerning neuroendocrine as well as endocrine mechanisms controlling the development or adult expression of behavior to studies concerning the environmental control and evolutionary significance of hormone-behavior relationships. The journal welcomes studies conducted on species ranging from invertebrates to mammals, including humans.