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D-Index
62
Citations
13880
World Ranking
3526
National Ranking
1630

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

S. Marc Breedlove is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these fields, prominent subfields include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Reproductive Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work covers various main topics such as Sexual Differentiation and Disorders, Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, Hormonal and reproductive studies, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Gender Roles and Identity Studies, and Linguistics and language evolution.

Breedlove has authored multiple research papers. Notable recent papers include:

  • Through a glass, darkly: Human digit ratios reflect prenatal androgens, imperfectly (2020, Hormones and Behavior)
  • Muscle BDNF improves synaptic and contractile muscle strength in Kennedy's disease mice in a muscle-type specific manner (2020, The Journal of Physiology)
  • Differences in digit ratios between gay men who prefer receptive versus insertive sex roles indicate a role for prenatal androgen (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Timing of peripubertal steroid exposure predicts visuospatial cognition in men: Evidence from three samples (2020, Hormones and Behavior)
  • Relationships between ovarian hormone concentrations and mental rotations performance in naturally-cycling women (2020, Hormones and Behavior)

The scientist frequently collaborates with others in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Neil V. Watson
  • David A. Puts
  • Talia Shirazi
  • Rodrigo A. Cárdenas
  • Ashlyn Swift-Gallant

Breedlove's research is published in several recurring academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Scientific Reports
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The Journal of Physiology

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has authored books published by Oxford University Press, including Behavioral Neuroscience (2023) and The Mind's Machine (2024).

Over the course of their career, Breedlove has received recognitions such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Sexual differentiation of the vertebrate nervous system

    John A Morris;Cynthia L Jordan;S Marc Breedlove

  • Masculinized finger length patterns in human males and females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

    Windy M. Brown;Melissa Hines;Melissa Hines;Briony A. Fane;S.Marc Breedlove

  • Finger-length ratios and sexual orientation

    Terrance J. Williams;Michelle E. Pepitone;Scott E. Christensen;Bradley M. Cooke

  • Biological Psychology: An Introduction to Behavioral, Cognitive, and Clinical Neuroscience

    S. Marc Breedlove;Neil V. Watson

  • Sexual Orientation, Controversy, and Science:

    J. Michael Bailey;Paul L. Vasey;Lisa M. Diamond;S. Marc Breedlove

  • Sexual differentiation of the vertebrate brain: principles and mechanisms.

    Bradley Cooke;Carol D. Hegstrom;Loic S. Villeneuve;S.Marc Breedlove

  • Sexually dimorphic motor nucleus in the rat lumbar spinal cord: response to adult hormone manipulation, absence in androgen-insensitive rats.

    S. Marc Breedlove;Arthur P. Arnold

  • Spatial Ability and Prenatal Androgens: Meta-Analyses of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Digit Ratio (2D:4D) Studies

    David Andrew Puts;David Andrew Puts;Michael A. McDaniel;Cynthia L. Jordan;S. Marc Breedlove

  • The role of androgen receptors in the masculinization of brain and behavior: What we've learned from the testicular feminization mutation

    Damian G. Zuloaga;David A. Puts;Cynthia L. Jordan;S. Marc Breedlove

  • Minireview: Organizational Hypothesis: Instances of the Fingerpost

    S. Marc Breedlove

  • Sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior.

    S. Marc Breedlove;Elizabeth Hampson

  • Differences in finger length ratios between self-identified "butch" and "femme" lesbians.

    Windy M. Brown;Christopher J. Finn;Bradley M. Cooke;S. Marc Breedlove

  • Overexpression of wild-type androgen receptor in muscle recapitulates polyglutamine disease

    Douglas Ashley Monks;Jamie A. Johansen;Kaiguo Mo;Pengcheng Rao

  • Sexual dimorphism and the influence of neonatal androgen in the dorsolateral motor nucleus of the rat lumbar spinal cord.

    Cynthia L. Jordan;S. Marc Breedlove;Arthur P. Arnold

  • Sexual dimorphism in digit-length ratios of laboratory mice

    Windy M. Brown;Christopher J. Finn;S. Marc Breedlove

  • Seasonal variation in mammalian striated muscle mass and motoneuron morphology.

    Forger Ng;Breedlove Sm

  • Both estrogen receptors and androgen receptors contribute to testosterone-induced changes in the morphology of the medial amygdala and sexual arousal in male rats.

    Bradley M Cooke;S.Marc Breedlove;Cynthia L Jordan

  • Preliminary evidence that gonadal hormones organize and activate disordered eating.

    Kelly L. Klump;Kyle L. Gobrogge;Patrick S. Perkins;David Thorne

  • Cellular analyses of hormone influence on motoneuronal development and function.

    S. Marc Breedlove

  • Prenatal Hormone Exposure and Risk for Eating Disorders: A Comparison of Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Twins

    Kristen M. Culbert;S. Marc Breedlove;S. Alexandra Burt;Kelly L. Klump

  • Digit ratio: A pointer to fertility, behavior, and health

    S. Marc Breedlove

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Puts
David A. Puts Pennsylvania State University
Nancy G. Forger
Nancy G. Forger Georgia State University
Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
Mitsuhiro Kawata
Mitsuhiro Kawata RMIT University
Gen Sobue
Gen Sobue Aichi Medical University
J. Michael Bailey
J. Michael Bailey Northwestern University
Paul L. Vasey
Paul L. Vasey University of Lethbridge
Joel T. Nigg
Joel T. Nigg Oregon Health & Science University
Michelle M. Martel
Michelle M. Martel University of Kentucky
Lisa M. Diamond
Lisa M. Diamond University of Utah

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