Search Results - "Ponzi, Davide"
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Effects of Prenatal Exposure to a Low-Dose of Bisphenol A on Sex Differences in Emotional Behavior and Central Alpha2-Adrenergic Receptor Binding
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (05-05-2020)“…Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) influences the development of sex differences neurologically and behaviorally across many species of vertebrates. These…”
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Vardenafil Long-Term Administration Improves Episodic Memory in Aging Female Mice
Published in Applied sciences (01-11-2023)“…Age-dependent cognitive decline is associated with a downregulation of the cyclic nucleotide cascade. Through their regulation of the cGMP pathway,…”
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Precocious puberty under stressful conditions: new understanding and insights from the lessons learnt from international adoptions and the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (02-05-2023)“…Neuro-biological variations in the timing of sexual maturation within a species are part of an evolved strategy that depend on internal and external…”
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Testosterone, Cortisol and Empathy: Evidence for the Dual-Hormone Hypothesis
Published in Adaptive human behavior and physiology (01-12-2015)“…The dual hormone hypothesis posits that basal cortisol and testosterone have a joint effect on motivational and behavioral systems implicated in dominance and…”
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Non-monotonic dose effects of in utero exposure to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on testicular and serum testosterone and anogenital distance in male mouse fetuses
Published in Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) (01-12-2012)“…► DEHP is reported to alter male fetus masculinization and reduce anogenital distance. ► Most studies are of high-dose effects, beyond human exposure levels. ►…”
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Interest in Babies Negatively Predicts Testosterone Responses to Sexual Visual Stimuli Among Heterosexual Young Men
Published in Psychological science (01-01-2016)“…Men's testosterone may be an important physiological mechanism mediating motivational and behavioral aspects of the mating/parenting trade-off not only over…”
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Hormonal responses differ when playing violent video games against an ingroup and outgroup
Published in Evolution and human behavior (01-05-2010)“…Abstract For 14 teams of three young men, salivary testosterone and cortisol were assessed twice before and twice after competing in within-group and…”
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Sex is a biologically coherent concept: A response to
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-11-2024)Get full text
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An introduction to the Special Issue on “Sports Science: Evolutionary Perspectives and Biological Mechanisms”
Published in Adaptive human behavior and physiology (01-03-2022)“…The goal of the special issue on “Sports science: evolutionary perspectives and biological mechanisms” was to build a bridge to help the development of a…”
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A sabbath in the emergency room or a case of anticholinergic toxicity?
Published in Emergency care journal (29-03-2022)“…We report the case of a 32-year-old Italian man admitted to our emergency room for visual disturbances with blurred vision, anisocoria and temporal headache…”
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Proximate and ultimate causes of ritual behavior
Published in Behavioural brain research (01-09-2020)“…•Rituals are ubiquitous in animal life, including human individuals and cultures.•Proximate causes are homologous across phylogeny based on a specific motor…”
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Social network accuracy among children and adolescents in a rural Dominican community
Published in Evolution and human behavior (01-09-2023)“…Acquiring knowledge and understanding of social relationships is a key task for the human child. Methods for studying social networks are constrained by…”
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Self-presenting in Front of a Friendly Female Audience Increases Young Men Risk-taking in the Iowa Gambling Task
Published in Adaptive human behavior and physiology (01-12-2024)“…Purpose During intersex interactions heterosexual men show a temporary cognitive impairment and an increase in risky behaviors. These effects have been…”
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Sex-biased impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals on behavioral development and vulnerability to disease: Of mice and children
Published in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews (01-02-2021)“…•Many neuro-behavioral chronic diseases show sex differences in vulnerability.•Endocrine disruption during critical periods can affect susceptibility to…”
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Testosterone, cortisol, and status-striving personality features: A review and empirical evaluation of the Dual Hormone hypothesis
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-03-2019)“…Decades of research in behavioral endocrinology has implicated the gonadal hormone testosterone in the regulation of mating effort, often expressed in primates…”
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Metabolic disruption in male mice due to fetal exposure to low but not high doses of bisphenol A (BPA): Evidence for effects on body weight, food intake, adipocytes, leptin, adiponectin, insulin and glucose regulation
Published in Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) (01-12-2013)“…•We fed pregnant mice BPA at 5–50,000μg/kg/day and studied adult male offspring.•Low dose BPA-treated males showed adipocyte hyperplasia and greater fat…”
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Hormones and human developmental plasticity
Published in Molecular and cellular endocrinology (05-04-2020)“…Natural selection favors the evolution of mechanisms that optimize the allocation of resources and time among competing traits. Hormones mediate developmental…”
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The Influence of Endogenous Opioids on the Relationship between Testosterone and Romantic Bonding
Published in Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) (01-03-2019)“…The endogenous opioid system has received attention and extensive research for its effects on reward, pleasure, and pain. However, relative to other…”
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Evolutionary functions of early social modulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis development in humans
Published in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews (01-06-2011)“…The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) is highly responsive to social challenges. Because stress hormones can have negative developmental and health…”
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Social Network Centrality and Hormones: The Interaction of Testosterone and Cortisol
Published in Psychoneuroendocrinology (01-06-2016)“…Highlights • Individuals with high basal testosterone and low basal cortisol had higher levels of betweenness and popularity. • The same hormonal profile was…”
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