Hormones and Behavior is the official journal of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. It publishes original research
articles as well as occasional reviews and special issues concerning hormone-brain-behavior relationships, broadly defined. The journal's
scope ranges from laboratory and field studies concerning neuroendocrine as well as endocrine mechanisms controlling the development
or adult expression of behavior to studies concerning the environmental control and evolutionary significance of hormone-behavior relationships.
The journal welcomes studies conducted on species ranging from invertebrates to mammals, including humans.
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The Introduction should be
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Materials and methods should be sufficiently detailed to enable the experiments
to be reproduced.
Results and Discussion may be combined and may be organized into subheadings.
Acknowledgments
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References should provide a context for the new results being presented
while giving proper attribution to relevant, prior research on the topic.
The name and date system should be used for citing all
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Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a,
1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown. . . ."
References should be arranged first alphabetically
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by letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Journal titles should be abbreviated according to Index
Medicus.
Please note the following examples:
Degroot, L. (Ed.), 1989. Endocrinology. Saunders, Philadelphia.
Fleming,
A.S., Corter, C., Stallings, J., Steiner, M., 2002. Testosterone and prolactin are associated with emotional responses to infant cries
in new father. Horm. Behav. 42, 399-413.
McEwen, B.S., Sakai, R.R., Spencer, R.L., 1993. Adrenal steroid effects of the brain: versatile
hormones with good and bad effects. In: J. Schulkin (Ed.), Hormonally Induced Changes in Mind and Brain. Academic Press, New York, pp.
221-365.
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Tables should
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Ethics: When human subjects are used, manuscripts must be accompanied by a statement that the experiments
were undertaken with the understanding and written consent of each subject, with the approval of the appropriate local ethics committee,
and in compliance with national legislation and the Code of Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects of the World
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It is expected that investigators will adhere to the highest possible standards for the humane treatment of animals used in laboratory
or field studies reported in Hormones and Behavior. This includes the legal acquisition of laboratory animals and the authorized
use of wild animals. It also includes the use of appropriate anesthetics and analgesics for surgery and approved methods of euthanasia,
as specified in the United States by the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (DHEW Publication
80-23, Revised 1985, Office of Science and Health Reports, DRR/ NIH, Bethesda, MD 20205) or by an equivalent agency in other countries.
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of all manuscripts published in Hormones and Behavior.
Hormone Assays
All assay data should be accompanied by
a description of the antibodies used, the sensitivity of the assay, and statistical validation (e.g., inter- and intra-assay variance).
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