Ontogeny of Hormone-Behavior Interactions

对自杀行为相互作用的研究试图回答 两个核心问题：社会条件如何改变 个体激素模式 激素如何调节行为？ 菲利普斯博士和他的同事兰斯博士提议进行调查 男性的社会支配地位和 循环激素水平和社会环境。 这 激素水平和社会条件之间的相互作用是最 在繁殖季节的成年种群中很明显。 然而， 最近的研究表明，许多行为模式 在青少年时期建立的。 菲利普斯医生 开发了一个很好的模型系统，以确定在多大程度上， 男性的社会支配地位是在发展过程中形成的， 生理和社会环境。 他将研究 从孵化到青春期的绿色鬣蜥。 这个物种可能是 是唯一一种在社会发展研究中 结构和相应的激素水平是可行的。 确实 鉴于爬行动物是脊椎动物进化的关键群体， 这些研究还将深入了解 荷尔蒙和行为之间的联系可能已经进化了。

Studies of hormone-behavior interactions have attempted to answer two central questions: How do social conditions modify individual hormone patterns? How do hormones modulate behavior? Dr Phillips and his colleague Dr. Lance propose to investigate the interrelationship between a male's social dominance and its circulating hormone levels and social environment. This interplay between hormone levels and social conditions is most apparent in adult populations during the breeding season. Yet, recent studies suggest that many behavior patterns were established when the individual was a juvenile. Dr. Phillips has developed an excellent model system to determine to what extent a male's social dominance is shaped during development by both its physiology and social environment. He will study a population of green iguanas from hatching to puberty. This species is perhaps the only reptile where such a developmental study of social structure and corresponding hormone levels is feasible. Indeed given that reptiles are a pivotal group in vertebrate evolution, the studies will also provide insight into how the interactions among hormones and behavior may have evolved.