Interest in sex-related differences in psychological functioning has again come to the
foreground with new findings about their possible functional basis in the brain. Sex …

Phytoestrogens, estrogenic compounds derived from plants, are ubiquitous in human and
animal diets. These chemicals are generally much less potent than estradiol but act via …

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a plasticizer and an endocrine-disrupting chemical. It is present in a
variety of products used daily including food containers, paper, and dental sealants and is …

Sexual differentiation in the brain takes place from late gestation to the early postnatal days.
This is dependent on the conversion of circulating testosterone into estradiol by the enzyme …

Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine-disrupting chemical, is widely present in the environment.
It has been reported that perinatal exposure to low doses of BPA that are less than the …

Sex‐linked behaviors in infancy have generated a great deal of interest, in part because
they offer a way of assessing the extent to which sexually dimorphic behaviors exist before …

Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction is the only comprehensive textbook covering major
topics in the reproductive biology of vertebrates, from sexuality and gametogenesis to …

The potential of 17β-estradiol and progesterone as neuroprotective factors is well-
recognized. Persuasive data comes from in vitro and animal models reflecting a wide range …

This chapter explores the numerous manifestations of the sexual callousness of men in
contemporary society and then examines the ways in which such callousness is created …

Objective Precocious puberty leads to discrepancies between physical and chronological
age. The aim of the present study was to evaluate behavioral patterns and social …