Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Testosterone: Physiological Effects, Dominance and Fluctuating Asymmetry
(Ana Lilia Cerda Molina and Javier Iván Borráz León)

Chapter 2. The male Rhesus Monkey as a Model to Study the Effects of Testosterone on Cognitive and Emotional Function
(Agnès Lacreuse and Andrea Simoni)

Chapter 3. Testosterone – Inducer of Aggression or Pleasure-Related Hormone?
(Konstantin Chichinadze, Nodar Chichinadze, Ledi Gachechiladze and Ann Lazarashvili)

Chapter 4. Testosterone Metabolism: The Significance of Aromatase Activity
(James I. Raeside)

Chapter 5. Testosterone Suppression Due to Stress: Possible Mechanisms and Reproductive Consequences
(María del Socorro Retana-Márquez)

Chapter 6. Genetic Variants of Liver-Localized SRD5A1 and AKR1C4 Genes Associated with Circulating Sex Steroid Levels
(ChenDi Liao, Jieying Jiang, Nelson LS Tang, Timothy CY Kwok, Xingyan Wang, Claes Ohlsson, Anna L Eriksson, Liesbeth Vandenput, Frank WK Chan, Anthony Kwok, Eric Orwoll, Jean Woo, Ping Chung Leung)

Chapter 7. Non-Gonadotropin Regulation of Testosterone Biosynthesis
(Ho Lin, Kai-Lee Wang, Paulus S. Wang and Shyi-Wu Wang)

Chapter 8. Development of Novel Proton-Affinitive Derivatives for Simultaneous Analysis of Testosterone and Dihydrotestosterone in Human Serum and Prostate Tissue by LC-ESI-MS/MS)
(Kouwa Yamashita)

Chapter 9. Effects of Testosterone on Vascular Tone
(Oguzhan Yildiz and Melik Seyrek)

Index