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Androgen modulation of social decision-making mechanisms in the brain: an integrative and embodied perspective

dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Gonçalo A.
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Rui F.
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-06T11:44:32Z
dc.date.available2015-10-06T11:44:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractApart from their role in reproduction androgens also respond to social challenges and this response has been seen as a way to regulate the expression of behavior according to the perceived social environment (Challenge hypothesis, Wingfield et al., 1990). This hypothesis implies that social decision-making mechanisms localized in the central nervous system (CNS) are open to the influence of peripheral hormones that ultimately are under the control of the CNS through the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Therefore, two puzzling questions emerge at two different levels of biological analysis: (1) Why does the brain, which perceives the social environment and regulates androgen production in the gonad, need feedback information from the gonad to adjust its social decision-making processes? (2) How does the brain regulate gonadal androgen responses to social challenges and how do these feedback into the brain? In this paper, we will address these two questions using the integrative approach proposed by Niko Tinbergen, who proposed that a full understanding of behavior requires its analysis at both proximate (physiology, ontogeny) and ultimate (ecology, evolution) levels.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFCT Eco-Ethology R&D Unit (PEst-OE/MAR/UI0331/2011), PhD fellowship from FCT (SFRH/BD/68528/2010).pt_PT
dc.identifier10.3389/fnins.2014.00209
dc.identifier.citationOliveira GA and Oliveira RF (2014) Androgen modulation of social decision-making mechanisms in the brain: an integrative and embodied perspective. Front. Neurosci. 8:209. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00209pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fnins.2014.00209
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/362
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundationpt_PT
dc.relationMolecular mechanisms and evolutionary implications of social plasticity
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2014.00209/abstractpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectandrogenspt_PT
dc.subjecttestosteronept_PT
dc.subjectultimate causespt_PT
dc.subjectproximate causespt_PT
dc.subjectembodimentpt_PT
dc.subjectchallenge hypothesispt_PT
dc.titleAndrogen modulation of social decision-making mechanisms in the brain: an integrative and embodied perspectivept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleMolecular mechanisms and evolutionary implications of social plasticity
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/EXCL%2FBIA-ANM%2F0549%2F2012/PT
oaire.citation.endPage6pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Neurosciencept_PT
oaire.citation.volume8pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream3599-PPCDT
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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