Androgens and female behaviour

Our actual knowledges of the relationships between androgens and various aspects of the female behaviour are coming from experimental studies performed in various animal species or from observations performed in the woman in situations such as puberty menstrual cycle, menopause, congenital hyperplasia of the adrenal, poly cystics ovaries clearly rising up testosterone levels. The role of androgens in the sexual differentiation, as well as in sexual, aggressive, artistic and cognitive behaviour is investigated in the present work. However, animal data must be modulated in view of specific psychosocial factors in the woman.