Hormones, context, and " Brain Gender" : A review of evidence from congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1738-1744

  Jordan Young, Rebecca M ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agnotology; Brain organization; Embodiment; Intersex; Masculinization; Medical trauma; Review; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN; COGNITION; GENDER; HORMONE; MASCULINIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY; STEROID; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ORGANIZATION THEORY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; THEORY;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84860235405     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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