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1 - CONTROLLO ACQUISIZIONE DI CIBO E METABOLISMO

1-1 2004 - Trophic Action of Leptin on Hypothalamic Neurons That Regulate Feeding

1-2 2006- Energy Expenditure and Body Composition of Chronically Maintained Decerebrate Rats in the Fed and Fasted Condition

1-3 2006 - Ghrelin modulates the activity and synaptic input organization of midbrain dopamine neurons while promoting appetite

1-4 2006 - Neuronal activation in the hypothalamus and brainstem during feeding in rats

1-5 2007- Sex-dependent regulation of hypothalamic neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptor gene expression in moderate/high fat, high-energy diet-fed mice

1-6 2007 - Peripheral or central administration of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor affects feeding behavior in chicks

1-7 2008 - Estradiol decreases the orexigenic effect of neuropeptide Y, but not agouti-related protein, in ovariectomized rats

1-8 2009 - Enhanced Stat3 activation in POMC neurons provokes negative feedback inhibition of leptin and insulin signaling in obesity

1-9 2011 - Estrogen inhibits NPY secretion through membrane-associated estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha in clonal, immortalized hypothalamic neurons

2 - EPIGENETICA

2-1 2004- Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior

2-2 2007 - Transmission of Stress-Induced Learning Impairment and Associated Brain Gene Expression from Parents to Offspring in Chickens

2-3 2009 - Sex differences in histone modifications in the neonatal mouse brain

2-4 2010 - Developmental and Hormone-Induced Epigenetic Changes to Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Genes in Brain Are Dynamic across the Life Span

2-5 2011 -Epigenetic control of vasopressin expression is maintained by steroid hormones in the adult male rat brain

2-6 2011 - Epigenetic impact of simulated maternal grooming on estrogen receptor alpha within the developing amygdala

2-7 2011 - Sex Difference in the Expression of DNA Methyltransferase 3a in the Rat Amygdala During Development

2-8 2011 - Histone Deacetylation during Brain Development Is Essential for Permanent Masculinization of Sexual Behavior

3 - ESTRADIOL

3-1 2006- Alpha-feto protein protects the developing female mouse brain from masculinization and defeminization by estrogens

3-2 2007- Effects of organisational oestradiol on adult immunoreactive oestrogen receptors (alpha and beta) in the male mouse brain

3-4 2008 - Endogenous Oestradiol Regulates Progesterone Receptor Expression in the Brain of Female Rat Fetuses: What is the Source of Oestradiol?

3-5 2008 - Selective activation of estrogen receptor alpha in Japanese quail embryos affects reproductive organ differentiation but not the male sexual behavior or the parvocellular vasotocin system

3-6 2009- Estrous cycle influences the expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the hypothalamus and limbic system of female mice

3-7 2009 - Rapid changes on nitrinergic system in female mouse hippocampus during the ovarian cycle

3-8 2010 - The alpha-fetoprotein knock-out mouse model suggests that parental behavior is sexually differentiated under the influence of prenatal estradiol

3-9 2011 - Synergic effects of estradiol and progesterone on regulation of the hypothalamic neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression in ovariectomized mice

3-10 2011 - Effects of estrous cycle and sex on the expression of neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor in discrete hypothalamic and limbic nuclei of transgenic mice

4 - FOTOPERIODISMO

4-1 2003- Light-induced hormone conversion of T4 to T3 regulates photoperiodic response of gonads in birds

4-2 2004- Photoperiodic Regulation of Type 2 Deiodinase Gene in Djungarian Hamster: Possible Homologies between Avian and Mammalian Photoperiodic Regulation of Reproduction

4-3 2007 - Suppression of kisspeptin expression and gonadotropic axis sensitivity following exposure to inhibitory day lengths in female Siberian hamsters

4-4 2010 - Effects of photoperiod on kisspeptin neuronal populations of the ewe diencephalon in connection with reproductive function

5 - INTERFERENTI ENDOCRINI

5-1 2005- The Environmental Estrogen Bisphenol A Inhibits Estradiol-Induced Hippocampal Synaptogenesis

5-2 2005- Organizational effects of diethylstilbestrol on brain vasotocin and sexual behavior in male quail

5-3 2006- Neonatal genistein or bisphenol-A exposure alters sexual differentiation of the AVPV

5-4 2006- Pubertal exposure to estrogenic chemicals affects behavior in juvenile and adult male rats

5-5 2007- AVPV neurons containing estrogen receptor-beta in adult male rats are influenced by soy isoflavones

5-6 2007- Effects of early embryonic exposure to genistein on male copulatory behavior and vasotocin system of Japanese quail

5-7 2008 - Bisphenol A prevents the synaptogenic response to estradiol in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of ovariectomized nonhuman primates

5-8 2009- Organizational effects of DDE on brain vasotocin system in male Japanese quail

5-9 2010 - Effects of Perinatal Administration of Bisphenol A on the Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Expressing System in the Hypothalamus and Limbic System of CD1 Mice

5-10 2011 - Acute exposure to tributyltin induces c-fos activation in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus of adult male mice

6 - KISSPEPTIN and GnRH SYSTEM

6-1 2006- Postnatal Development of Kisspeptin Neurons in Mouse Hypothalamus; Sexual Dimorphism and Projections to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons

6-2 2007- The Kisspeptin Receptor GPR54 Is Required for Sexual Differentiation of the Brain and Behavior

6-3 2008 - Absence of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone 1 and Kiss1 Activation in alpha-Fetoprotein Knockout Mice: Prenatal Estrogens Defeminize the Potential to Show Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surges

6-4 2008 - Photoperiod and testosterone interact to drive seasonal changes in kisspeptin expression in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

7 - RECETTORI ANDROGENI E DIFFERENZIAMENTO CIRCUITI NERVOSI

7-1 2005- Partial Demasculinization of Several Brain Regions in Adult Male (XY) Rats with a Dysfunctional Androgen Receptor Gene

7-2 2006- Androgen Effects on Hippocampal CA1 Spine Synapse Numbers Are Retained in Tfm Male Rats with Defective Androgen Receptors

7-3 2007- Androgen receptor is essential for sexual differentiation of responses to olfactory cues in mice

7-4 2008 - Role of androgens and the androgen receptor in remodeling of spine synapses in limbic brain areas

7-5 2008 - Androgen receptors are required for full masculinization of nitric oxide synthase system in rat limbic–hypothalamic region

7-6 2008 - Mice with the testicular feminization mutation demonstrate a role for androgen receptors in the regulation of anxiety-related behaviors and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis

8 - REGULATION OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

8-1 2005 - Inhibition of steroid receptor coactivator-1 blocks estrogen and androgen action on male sex behavior and associated brain plasticity

8-2 2007 - Sexual Behavior Activity Tracks Rapid Changes in Brain Estrogen Concentrations

8-3 2007 - Testosterone stimulates mounting behavior and arginine vasotocin expression in the brain of both sexual and unisexual whiptail lizards

8-4 2008 - Rapid action on neuroplasticity precedes behavioral activation by testosterone

8-5 2011 - Organizing effects of sex steroids on brain aromatase activity in quail.

8-6 2010 - Testosterone response to courtship predicts future paternal behavior in the California mouse, Peromyscus californicus

9 - Stress/Asse IPOTALAMO-IPOFISI-SURRENE

9-1 2005- Gender and Puberty Interact on the Stress-Induced Activation of Parvocellular Neurosecretory Neurons and Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in the Rat

9-2 2007 - The effects of acute corticosterone administration on anxiety, endogenous corticosterone, and c-Fos expression in the rat brain

9-3 2007- Differential Effects of Stress on Adult Hippocampal Cell Proliferation in Low and High Aggressive Mice

9-4 2008 - Sexually dimorphic effects of maternal separation stress on corticotrophin-releasing factor and vasopressin systems in the adult rat brain

9-5 2008 - Selective contributions of the medial preoptic nucleus to testosterone dependant regulation of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and the HPA axis

9-6 2009 - Metabolic Consequences and Vulnerability to Diet-Induced Obesity in Male Mice under Chronic Social Stress

10 - VASOPRESSIN and OXYTOCIN

10-1 2005- Female oxytocin gene-knockout mice, in a seminatural environment, display exaggerated aggressive behavior

10-2 2006- Paternal behavior influences development of aggression and vasopressin expression in male California mouse offspring

10-3 2007- Alterations in Anterior Hypothalamic Vasopressin, but not Serotonin, Correlate With the Temporal Onset of Aggressive Behavior During Adolescent Anabolic–Androgenic Steroid Exposure in Hamsters

10-4 2007 - Disruption of the vasopressin 1b receptor gene impairs the attack component of aggressive behavior in mice

10-5 2007- Opposite effects of maternal separation on intermale and maternal aggression in C57BL/6 mice: Link to hypothalamic vasopressin and oxytocin immunoreactivity

10-6 2008 - Absence of progestin receptors alters distribution of vasopressin fibers but not sexual differentiation of vasopressin system in mice

10-7 2008 - Sexual Differentiation of Vasopressin Innervation of the Brain: Cell Death Versus Phenotypic Differentiation

10-8 2010 - Estrogen receptor alpha is involved in the estrogenic regulation of arginine vasopressin immunoreactivity in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of ovariectomized rats

10-9 2010 - Oxytocin-Dopamine Interactions Mediate Variations in Maternal Behavior in the Rat