Fast, furious and enduring: Sensitive versus critical periods in sexual differentiation of the brain
McCarthy MM;Herold K;Stockman SL;;
physiology & behavior2018Vol. 187pp. -
270
mm2018physiologyfast,
Abstract
Understanding critical periods in brain development and how they impact adult functioning is a primary goal of neuroscience. The sexual differentiation of the brain is a unique critical period in that it is initiated by endogenous production of a critical signaling molecule in only one sex, testoste …