Publication Date:
1981-03-20
Description:
Gonadal steroid hormones, active during fetal life, continue after the birth of a fetus to influence the central nervous system and affect behavior. The characteristically different circulating concentrations of male and female steroid hormones in men and women appear to be partial determinants of certain sexually dimorphic behaviors, interacting in a complex way with psychological and sociocultural factors as well as with other biological factors. This interaction is highlighted in research on testosterone and aggression in men, mood and the menstrual cycle in women, and pubertal sex role reversal in pseudohermaphrodites.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rubin, R T -- Reinisch, J M -- Haskett, R F -- MH 30676/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- MH 47363/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Mar 20;211(4488):1318-24.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7209511" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Affect/physiology
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Aggression/physiology
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Animals
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Behavior/*physiology
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Central Nervous System/physiology
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Chromosome Aberrations/metabolism/psychology
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Chromosome Disorders
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Disorders of Sex Development/metabolism/psychology
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Female
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Gender Identity
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Gonadal Steroid Hormones/*physiology
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Growth
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Humans
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Male
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Menstruation
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Puberty
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Sexual Behavior/physiology
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Sexual Behavior, Animal/drug effects/physiology
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Testosterone/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
