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Male Physical Aggression, Social Dominance and Testosterone Levels at Puberty

A Developmental Perspective

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Biosocial Bases of Violence

Part of the book series: Nato ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 292))

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“On June 1, 1889, Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard, a prominent French physiologist, announced at the Société de Biologie in Paris that he had devised a rejuvenating therapy for the body and mind. The 72-year-old professor reported that he had drastically reversed his own decline by injecting himself with a liquid extract derived from the testicles of dogs and guinea pigs. These injections, he told his audience, had increased his physical strength and intellectual energy, relieved his constipation and even lengthened the arc of his urine” (Hoberman & Yesali, 1995, p.77).

Testosterone (T) is an androgen hormone produced mainly by the testes. Its production is regulated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonads (HPG) axis. Towards the end of the first trimester of pregnancy (10–12 weeks) male fetuses have higher plasmatic levels of T than female fetuses. Peak levels ofT are obtained by the middle of the second trimester. During the third trimester no sex differences in T level have been detected, although there is evidence of some testicular activity (Forest, 1989).

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Tremblay, R.E., Schaal, B., Boulerice, B., Arseneault, L., Soussignan, R., Pérusse, D. (1997). Male Physical Aggression, Social Dominance and Testosterone Levels at Puberty. In: Raine, A., Brennan, P.A., Farrington, D.P., Mednick, S.A. (eds) Biosocial Bases of Violence. Nato ASI Series, vol 292. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4648-8_16

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