Individual differences in developmental plasticity: A role for early androgens?

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 90, Issue , 2018, Pages 165-173

  Del Giudice, Marco ^a   Barrett, Emily S ^b   Belsky, Jay ^c   Hartman, Sarah ^c   Martel, Michelle M ^d   Sangenstedt, Susanne ^e   Kuzawa, Christopher W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Developmental plasticity; Differential susceptibility; Sex differences; Sexual selection; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY; DIFFERENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIVIDUALITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; UPREGULATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85042645355     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.02.025     Document Type: Review

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