The vertebrate pituitary is arguably one of the most complex endocrine glands from the
evolutionary, anatomical and functional perspectives. The pituitary plays a master role in …

In vertebrates, sexual differentiation of the reproductive system and brain is tightly
orchestrated by organizational and activational effects of endogenous hormones. In …

Fluoxetine (FLX) is a pharmaceutical acting as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is
used to treat depression in humans. Fluoxetine and the major active metabolite …

Despite sharing much of their genomes, males and females are often highly dimorphic,
reflecting at least in part the resolution of sexual conflict in response to sexually antagonistic …

In adult fish, neurogenesis occurs in many areas of the brain, including the cerebellum, with
the ratio of newly formed cells relative to the total number of brain cells being several orders …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are endocrine-active chemical pollutants that disrupt
reproductive, neuroendocrine, cardiovascular and metabolic health across species. The …

Thousands of environmental contaminants have neurotoxic properties, but their ecological
risk is poorly characterized. Contaminant‐associated disruptions to animal behavior and …

Numerous small potentially bioactive peptides are derived from the selective processing of
the∼ 600 amino acid secretogranin II (SgII) precursor, but only the 31–42 amino acid …

In zebrafish, estrogens produced in the ovaries via Cyp19a1a activity are required for both
sexual differentiation of the ovary during early development as well as maintenance of the …

Consistent individual differences in behaviour, aka personality, pose several evolutionary
questions. For example, it is difficult to explain within-individual consistency in behaviour …