Membrane-initiated actions of sex steroids and reproductive behavior: A historical account

[en] It was assumed for a long time that sex steroids are activating reproductive behaviors by the same mechanisms that produce their morphological and physiological effects in the periphery. However during the last few decades an increasing number of examples were identified where behavioral effects of steroids were just too fast to be mediated via changes in DNA transcription. This progressively forced behavioral neuroendocrinologists to recognize that part of the effects of steroids on behavior are mediated by membrane-initiated events. In this review we present a selection of these early data that changed the conceptual landscape and we provide a summary the different types of membrane-associated receptors (estrogens, androgens and progestagens receptors) that are playing the most important role in the control of reproductive behaviors. Then we finally describe in more detail three separate behavioral systems in which membrane-initiated events have clearly been established to contribute to behavior control. © 2021

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Zoology
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition
Neurosciences & behavior

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Balthazart, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques

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English

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Membrane-initiated actions of sex steroids and reproductive behavior: A historical account

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2021

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Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

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0303-7207

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1872-8057

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Elsevier Ireland Ltd

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538

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111463

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NINDS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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