Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6793578 | Hormones and Behavior | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Investigation into mechanisms whereby hormones control behavior often starts with actions on central nervous system (CNS) motivation and motor systems and is followed by assessment of CNS drive of coordinated striated muscle contractions. Here we turn this perspective on its head by discussing ways in which hormones might first act on muscle that then secondarily drive upstream the evolution and function of the CNS. While there is a lengthy history for consideration of this perspective, newly discovered properties of muscle signaling reveal novel mechanisms that may well be captured by endocrine systems and thus of interest to behavioral endocrinologists.
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Authors
Barney A. Schlinger, Ketema Paul, D. Ashley Monks,