EDC-2: the Endocrine Society's second scientific statement on endocrine-disrupting chemicals

AC Gore, VA Chappell, SE Fenton, JA Flaws… - Endocrine …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Endocrine Society's first Scientific Statement in 2009 provided a wake-up call to
the scientific community about how environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) …

Neuroimmunology and neuroepigenetics in the establishment of sex differences in the brain

MM McCarthy, BM Nugent, KM Lenz - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
The study of sex differences in the brain is a topic of neuroscientific study that has broad
reaching implications for culture, society and biomedical science. Recent research in rodent …

The neurobiology and psychology of pedophilia: recent advances and challenges

G Tenbergen, M Wittfoth, H Frieling… - Frontiers in human …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
A pedophilic disorder is recognized for its impairment to the individual and for the harm it
may cause to others. Pedophilia is often considered a side issue and research into the …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Effects on neuroendocrine systems and the neurobiology of social behavior

AC Gore, K Krishnan, MP Reilly - Hormones and Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A contribution to SBN/ICN special issue. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
are pervasive in the environment. They are found in plastics and plasticizers (bisphenol A …

Genetic and epigenetic factors underlying sex differences in the regulation of gene expression in the brain

VS Ratnu, MR Emami, TW Bredy - Journal of neuroscience …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There are inherent biological differences between males and females that contribute to sex
differences in brain function and to many sex‐specific illnesses and disorders. Traditionally …

Neuroactive steroids, neurosteroidogenesis and sex

S Giatti, LM Garcia-Segura, GE Barreto… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The nervous system is a target and a source of steroids. Neuroactive steroids are steroids
that target neurons and glial cells. They include hormonal steroids originated in the …

Sexual differentiation of the rodent brain: dogma and beyond

KM Lenz, BM Nugent, MM McCarthy - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Steroid hormones of gonadal origin act on the neonatal brain to produce sex differences that
underlie adult reproductive physiology and behavior. Neuronal sex differences occur on a …

Reversible DNA methylation regulates seasonal photoperiodic time measurement

TJ Stevenson, BJ Prendergast - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
In seasonally breeding vertebrates, changes in day length induce categorically distinct
behavioral and reproductive phenotypes via thyroid hormone-dependent mechanisms …

Implications of prenatal steroid perturbations for neurodevelopment, behavior, and autism

AC Gore, KM Martien, K Gagnidze, D Pfaff - Endocrine Reviews, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The prenatal brain develops under the influence of an ever-changing hormonal milieu that
includes endogenous fetal gonadal and adrenal hormones, placental and maternal …

Mechanisms of sex differences in fear and posttraumatic stress disorder

TS Ramikie, KJ Ressler - Biological psychiatry, 2018 - Elsevier
Following sexual maturity, females disproportionately have higher rates of posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and experience greater symptom severity and chronicity as …