Prenatal effects of sex hormones on human male behavior: medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA)
Meyer Bahlburg, H.F.; Grisanti, G.C.; Ehrhardt, A.A.
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2(4): 383-390
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0306-4530 PMID: 564072 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(77)90009-9Document Number: 460360
Results of clinical research on effects of prenatal sex hormone exposure in man on sex-dimorphic behavior are compatible with the androgen organization hypothesis. Results of similar studies on effects of prenatal progestogens in males suggest a demasculinizing effect which, however, may not be separated from the confounding effects of maternal disease states. A new study on effects of prenatal hormone exposure in man is outlined. Preliminary results of this study on a subsample of 13 boys and their matched controls show only insignificant effects of prenatal MPA-exposure on sex-dimorphic behavior as assessed by interview.