Ontology highlight
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SUBMITTER: Nguyen TV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3643718 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nguyen Tuong-Vi TV McCracken James J Ducharme Simon S Botteron Kelly N KN Mahabir Megan M Johnson Wendy W Israel Mimi M Evans Alan C AC Karama Sherif S
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 20120522 6
Neuroendocrine theories of brain development hold testosterone as the predominant factor mediating sex-specific cortical growth and the ensuing lateralization of hemispheric function. However, studies to date have focussed on prenatal testosterone rather than pubertal changes in testosterone. Yet, animal studies have shown a high density of androgen-sensitive receptors in multiple key cortical areas, and puberty is known to coincide with both a significant rise in testosterone and the emergence ...[more]