Postnatal testosterone levels and temperament in early infancy

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1287-1292

  Alexander, Gerianne M ^a   Saenz, Janet ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant development; Postnatal androgens; Sex differences; Temperament

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERAMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 82355186436     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9701-5     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. GM Alexander T Wilcox M-B Farmer 2009 Hormone-behavior associations in early infancy Hormones and Behavior 56 498 502 19699203 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.08. 003
2. AM Andersson J Toppari AM Haavisto JH Petersen T Simell O Simell NE Skakkeback 1998 Longitudinal reproductive hormone profiles in infants: Peak of inhibin B levels in infant boys exceeds levels in adult men Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 83 675 681 9467591 10.1210/jc.83.2.675 (Pubitemid 28496556)
3. AL Arregger LN Contreras OR Tumilasci DR Aquilano EM Cardoso 2007 Salivary testosterone: A reliable approach to the diagnosis of male hypogonadism Clinical Endocrinology 67 656 662 17953627 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02937.x (Pubitemid 47620428)
4. MJ Baum MS Erskine E Kornberg CE Weaver 1990 Prenatal and neonatal testosterone exposure interact to affect differentiation of sexual behavior and partner preference in female ferrets Behavioral Neuroscience 1990 183 198 10.1037/0735-7044.104.1.183 (Pubitemid 20138275)
5. JF Benenson V Duggan H Markovits 2004 Sex differences in infants' attraction to group versus individual stimuli Infant Behavior and Development 27 173 180 10.1016/j.infbeh.2003.09.008 (Pubitemid 38461455)
6. SA Berenbaum M Hines 1992 Early androgens are related to childhood sex-typed toy preferences Psychological Science 3 203 206 10.1111/j.1467-9280. 1992.tb00028.x
7. K Bergman V Glover P Sarkar DH Abbott TG O'Connor 2010 In utero cortisol and testosterone exposure and fear reactivity in infancy Hormones and Behavior 57 306 312 20060000 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.12.012
8. M Boas KA Boisen HE Virtanen M Kaleva A-M Suomi IM Schmidt KM Main 2006 Postnatal penile length and growth rate correlate to serum testosterone levels: A longitudinal study of 1962 normal boys European Journal of Endocrinology 154 125 129 16382001 10.1530/eje.1.02066 (Pubitemid 43250746)
9. SM Breedlove BM Cooke CL Jordan 1999 The orthodox view of brain sexual differentiation Brain, Behavior and Evolution 54 8 14 10516400 10.1159/000006607 (Pubitemid 29448878)
10. L Cahill RJ Haier NS White J Fallon L Kilpatrick C Lawrence MT Alkire 2001 Sex-related difference in amygdala activity during emotionally influenced memory storage Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 75 1 9 11124043 10.1006/nlme.2000.3999 (Pubitemid 34127522)
11. SD Calkins SE Dedmon KL Gill LE Lomax LM Johnson 2002 Frustration in infancy: Implications for emotion regulation, physiological processes, and temperament Infancy 3 175 197 10.1207/S15327078IN0302-4 (Pubitemid 44783430)
12. DW Campbell WO Eaton 1999 Sex differences in the activity level of infants Infant & Child Development 8 1 17 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7219(199903)8: 1<1::AID-ICD186>3.0.CO;2-O
13. DJ Carson A Okuno PA Lee G Stetton SM Didolkar CJ Migeon 1982 Amniotic fluid steroid levels: Fetuses with adrenal hyperplasia, 46, XXY fetuses, and normal fetuses American Journal of Diseases of Children 136 218 222 7064946 (Pubitemid 12183534)
14. Cohen, J. (1977). Statistical analysis for the behavioral sciences. New York: Academic Press.
15. ML Collaer CGD Brook GS Conway PC Hindmarsh M Hines 2009 Motor development in individuals with congential adrenal hyperplasia: Stregnth, targeting, and fine motor skill Psychoneuroendocrinology 34 249 258 18938041 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.09.007
16. BM Cooke G Tabibnia SM Breedlove 1999 A brain sexual dimorphism controlled by adult circulating androgens Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96 7538 7540 10377450 10.1073/pnas.96.13.7538 (Pubitemid 29299697)
17. SC Crockenberg EM Leerkes PS Barrig Jo 2008 Predicting aggressive behavior in the third year from infant reactivity and regulation as moderated by maternal behavior Development and Psychopathology 20 37 54 18211727 10.1017/S0954579408000023 (Pubitemid 351166705)
18. M Davis E Emory 1995 Sex differences in neonatal stress reactivity Child Development 66 14 27 7497822 10.2307/1131187
19. W de Ronde YT van der Schouw FH Pierik HA Pols J Muller DE Grobbee FH de Jong 2005 Serum levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBD) are not associated with lower levels of non-SHBG-bound testosterone in male newborns and healthy men Clinical Endocrinology 62 498 503 15807883 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02252.x
20. B Derntl C Windischberger S Robinson I Kryspin-Exner RC Gur E Moser U Habel 2009 Amygdala activity to fear and anger in healthy young males is associated with testosterone Psychoneuroendocrinology 34 687 693 19136216 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.11.007
21. Dixson, A. F., Brown, G. R., & Nevison, C. M. (1998). Developmental significance of the postnatal testosterone "surge" in male primates. In L. Ellis & L. Ebertz (Eds.), Males, females, and behavior: Toward biological understanding (pp. 129-145). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers/Greenwood Publishing Group.
22. M Ernst FS Maheu E Schroth J Hardin LG Golan J Camerson DP Merke 2007 Amygdala function in adolscents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A model for the study of early steroid abnormalities Neuropsychologia 45 2104 2113 17336344 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.01.019 (Pubitemid 46654109)
23. MG Forest PC Sizonenko AM Cathiard J Bertrand 1974 Hypophysogonadal function in humans during the first year of life: 1. Evidence for testicular activity in early infancy Journal of Clinical Investigation 53 819 828 4812441 10.1172/JCI107621
24. NA Fox 2007 Finished and unfinished business Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 72 81 91 10.1111/j.1540-5834.2007.00434.x
25. AD Friederici A Pannekamp C-J Partsch U Ulmen K Oehler R Schmutzler V Hesse 2008 Sex hormone testosterone affects language organization in the infant brain NeuroReport 19 283 286 18303567 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f5105a (Pubitemid 351322963)
26. MA Gartstein MK Rothbart 2003 Studying infant temperament via the Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire Infant Behavior and Development 26 64 86 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00169-8 (Pubitemid 38351648)
27. JH Gilmore W Lin MW Prastawa CB Looney YSK Vetsa RC Knickmeyer G Gerig 2007 Regional gray matter growth, sexual dimorphism, and cerebral asymmetry in the neonatal brain Journal of Neuroscience 27 1255 1260 17287499 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3339-06.2007
28. JM Hassett ER Siebert K Wallen 2008 Sex differences in rhesus monkey toy preferences parallel those of children Hormones and Behavior 54 359 364 18452921 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.008
29. JP Herman WE Cullinan 1997 Neurocircuitry of stress: Central control of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis Trends in Neurosciences 20 78 84 9023876 10.1016/S0166-2236(96)10069-2 (Pubitemid 27050702)
30. Hines, M. (2002). Sexual differentiation of the human brain and behavior. In D. W. Pfaff, A. P. Arnold, A. M. Etgen, S. E. Fahrback, & R. T. Ruben (Eds.), Hormones, brain and behavior (Vol. 4, pp. 425-462). San Diego: Academic Press.
31. Hines, M. (2004). Brain gender. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
32. M Hines FR Kaufman 1994 Androgen and the development of human sex-typical behavior: Rough-and-tumble play and sex of preferred playmates in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) Child Development 65 1042 1053 7956464 10.2307/1131303
33. BA Hoepfner IL Ward 1988 Prenatal and neonatal androgen exposure interact to affect sexual differentiation in female rats Behavioral Neuroscience 102 61 65 3355659 10.1037/0735-7044.102.1.61
34. J Jansen R Beijers M Riksen-Walraven C de Weerth 2010 Cortisol reactivity in young infants Psychoneuroendocrinology 35 329 338 19651476 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.07.008
35. HH Johnson 2001 The development and neural basis of face recognition: Comment and speculation Infant and Child Development 10 31 33 10.1002/icd.243 (Pubitemid 33263904)
36. KM Main IM Schmidt NE Skakkebaek 2005 A possible role for reproductive hormones in newborn boys: Progressive hypogonadism with the postnatal testosterone peak Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 85 4905 4907 10.1210/jc.85.12.4905 (Pubitemid 32157684)
37. SB Manuck AL Marsland JD Flory A Gorka TE Ferrell AR Hariri 2010 Salivary testosterone and trinucleotide (CAG) length polymorphism in the androgen receptor gene predict amygdala reactivity in men Psychoneuroendocrinology 35 94 104 19493626 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.04.013
38. GA Mathews BA Fane GS Conway CGD Brook M Hines 2009 Personality and congenital hyperplasia: Possible effects of prenatal androgen exposure Hormones and Behavior 55 285 291 19100266 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.11.007
39. MH McIntyre 2006 The use of digit ratios as markers for perinatal androgen action Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 4 10 18 16504142 10.1186/1477-7827-4-10
40. MH McIntyre CP Edwards 2009 The early development of gender differences Annual Review of Anthropology 38 83 97 10.1146/annurev-anthro-091908-164338
41. VL Pasterski P Hindmarsch M Geffner C Brook C Brain M Hines 2007 Increased aggression and activity level in 3- to 11-year-old girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) Hormones and Behavior 52 368 374 17673215 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.05.015 (Pubitemid 47267917)
42. K Perez-Edgar LA Schmidt HA Henderson J Schulkin NA Fox 2008 Salivary cortisol levels and infant temperament shape developmental trajectories in boys at risk for behavioral maladjustment Psychoneuroendocrinology 33 916 925 18650023 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.03.018
43. MK Rothbart 1981 Measurement of temperament in infancy Child Development 52 569 578 10.2307/1129176
44. SH Swan F Liu M Hines RL Kruse C Wang JB Redmon B Weiss 2010 Prenatal phthalate exposure and reduced masculine play in boys International Journal of Andrology 33 259 269 19919614 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.01019.x
45. M Welsh PT Saunders M Fisken HM Scott GR Hutchison LB Smith RM Sharpe 2008 Identification in rats of a programming window for reproductive tract masculinization, disruption of which leads to hypospadias and cryptorchidism Journal of Clinical Investigations 118 1479 1490 10.1172/JCI34241 (Pubitemid 351500441)
46. KJ Zucker SJ Bradley G Oliver J Blake S Fleming J Hood 1996 Psychosexual development of women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia Hormones and Behavior 30 300 318 9047259 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0038 (Pubitemid 27148167)