In 1997, the first in vivo bisphenol A (BPA) study by endocrinologists reported that feeding
BPA to pregnant mice induced adverse reproductive effects in male offspring at the low dose …

Postnatal development includes dramatic changes in gonadal hormones and the many
social behaviors they help regulate, both in rodents and humans. Parental care-seeking is …

While definitions vary, endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have two fundamental
features: their disruption of hormone function and their contribution to disease and disability …

A key question concerns the extent to which sexual differentiation of human behavior is
influenced by sex hormones present during sensitive periods of development …

Gender dysphoria (GD), a term that denotes persistent discomfort with one's biologic sex or
assigned gender, replaced the diagnosis of gender identity disorder in the Diagnostic and …

We promote the perspective that puberty, a separate biological process embedded in
adolescence, is a “window of opportunity” for understanding and impacting health and …

For years, scientists from various disciplines have studied the effects of endocrine disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) on the health and wellbeing of humans and wildlife. Some studies have …

Cognitive neuroscience research has traditionally overlooked half of the population. Arguing
that variability in ovarian hormones confounds empirical findings, girls and women have …

In the last decade, there has been a remarkable surge in research on the neural and
behavioral correlates of hormonal contraceptive use, particularly oral contraceptive use …

Highlights•Prenatal androgens influence sex-related characteristics to varying
degrees.•Androgens facilitate male-typed activities through interest in things versus …