BISC 455 Endocrinology (Spring 2015)

Research papers for tutorials

Week 1
- no tutorials

Week 2 Practice presentation (Jeff)
Golinski, A. et al. 2014. Elevated testosterone is required for male copulatory behavior and aggression in Madagascar ground gecko (Paroedura picta) General and Comparative Endocrinology 205: 133–141 PDF

Week 3
Paper A: Kelly, B. et al. 2014. Short-term testosterone manipulations do not affect cognition or motor function but differentially modulate emotions in young and older male rhesus monkeys. Horm. Behav. 66: 731–742  PDF
Paper B: Tissier, M.L., Williams, T.D., & Criscuolo, F. 2014. Maternal effects underlie ageing costs of growth in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). PLoS ONE 9: e97705  PDF

Week 4
Paper A: Edwards, D. A., & Casto, K. V. 2013. Women's intercollegiate athletic competition: Cortisol, testosterone, and the dual-hormone hypothesis as it relates to status among team mates. Hormones and behavior, 64(1), 153-160  PDF
Paper B: Mills, L. J. et al. 2014. Modulation of aromatase activity as a mode of action for endocrine disrupting chemicals in a marine fish. Aquatic Toxicology, 147, 140-150  PDF

Week 6
Paper A: Sprent, J. et a. 2012. Does leptin signal adiposity in the egg-laying mammal, Tachyglossus aculeatus?. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 178, 372-379  PDF
Paper B: Brummelte, S. et al. 2010. Elevated corticosterone levels in stomach milk, serum, and brain of male and female offspring after maternal corticosterone treatment in the rat. Developmental Neurobiology, 70, 714-725  PDF

Week 7
Paper A:  Shpigler, H. et al. 2014. Gonadotropic and physiological functions of juvenile hormone in bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) workers. PloS one, 9(6), e100650  PDF
Paper B: Kenkel, W. M. et al. 2012. Neuroendocrine and behavioural responses to exposure to an infant in male prairie voles. Journal of neuroendocrinology, 24(6), 874-886  PDF

Week 8
Paper A: Fowler, M. A. et al. 2008. Hormonal regulation of glucose clearance in lactating northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 2943-2949 PDF
Paper B: Ikeno, T. et al. 2014. Dim light at night disrupts the short-day response in Siberian hamsters. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 197, 56-64 PDF

Week 9
Paper A: Little, A. G., & Seebacher, F. 2013. Thyroid hormone regulates muscle function during cold acclimation in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(18), 3514-3521 PDF
Paper B:  Chan, M. et al. 2014. Effects of chronic oestradiol, progesterone and medroxyprogesterone acetate on hippocampal neurogenesis and adrenal mass in adult female rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 26(6), 386-399 PDF

Week 10
Paper A: Place, N. J. et al. 2011. The anti-androgen combination, flutamide plus finasteride, paradoxically suppressed LH and androgen concentrations in pregnant spotted hyenas, but not in males. General Comparative Endocrinology 170, 455-459 PDFP
Paper B: Ryan, C. P. et al. 2015. Uncoupling clutch size, prolactin, and luteinizing hormone using experimental egg removal. General Comparative Endocrinology 213: 1-8 PDF

Week 11
Paper A: Fürtbauer, I. et al. 2014. Low female stress hormone levels are predicted by same-or opposite-sex sociality depending on season in wild Assamese macaques. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 48, 19-28 PDF
Paper B: Snell-Rood, E. C. et al. 2011. Reproductive tradeoffs of learning in a butterfly. Behavioral Ecology, 22(2), 291-302 PDF