Postnatal testosterone concentrations and male social development

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Alexander, Gerianne M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Infancy; Postnatal testosterone; Sex differences; Social development

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PERINATAL PERIOD; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84900988271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00015     Document Type: Review

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