The Endocrine and Nervous Systems Interact to Produce Integrated Behavior

question 16

Essay

The endocrine and nervous systems interact to produce integrated behavior. Both the milk-letdown reflex and the courtship behavior of ringdoves are good examples of behaviors that illustrate these hormone‒neural interactions. For both the reflex and the behavior, describe the neural‒neural transmission, neural‒endocrine transmission, and endocrine‒endocrine transmission that occur and the anatomical components involved.

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