The early postnatal period, mini-puberty, provides a window on the role of testosterone in human neurobehavioural development

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-73

  Hines, Melissa ^a   Spencer, Debra ^a   Kung, Karson T F ^a   Browne, Wendy V ^a   Constantinescu, Mihaela ^a   Noorderhaven, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INFANCY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTOR;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HUMANS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84960098132     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.02.008     Document Type: Review

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