PSYC 342 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Endocrinology, Castration, Capon

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 342
• Professor: Jens C Pruessner

Document Summary

Behavioural endocrinology (be) the study of the interaction between hormones and behaviour; hormones do not cause behaviour, rather they change the probability that a behaviour will occur. Modern era recognized to have started in 20th century with publication of hormones and behaviour. Transplanted testes can function and produce sperm. Beach and the origins of the modern era of behavioural endocrinology. Foundations of be established by researchers in other fields (anatomists, physiologists, zoologists, psychologists) Lashley investigated effects of removing part of rats brain and resulting behaviour and his students contributed to be especially beach, young, and lehrman. Bea(cid:272)h"s dissertatio(cid:374) o(cid:374) (cid:862)the neural basis for i(cid:374)(cid:374)ate beha(cid:448)iour(cid:863) investigated effects of cortical damage on maternal behaviour. Audited course in endocrinology and had students write paper on hormone-behaviour interaction. Wrote hormones and behaviour marking beginning of behavioural endocrinology. Hormones can also effect cell function by changes its shape/morphology. Similarities chemical messengers, stored in synaptic vesicles, have receptors on cells.