About the Authors

Tertia D. Purves-Tyson

Affiliations Schizophrenia Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Samantha J. Owens

Affiliations Schizophrenia Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kay L. Double

Affiliation Discipline of Biomedical Science, School of Medical Sciences, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Reena Desai

Affiliation ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Concord Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia

David J. Handelsman

Affiliation ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Concord Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia

Cynthia Shannon Weickert

c.weickert@neura.edu.au

Affiliations Schizophrenia Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Schizophrenia Research Laboratory, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TPT KD CSW. Performed the experiments: TPT SO RD. Analyzed the data: TPT SO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPT RD CSW KD DH. Wrote the paper: TPT SO KD DH CSW. Supplied steroid implants: DH. Measured circulating sex steroids: DH. Provided critical experimental advice pertaining to sex steroids and critical comment on the manuscript: DH. Provided critical advice pertaining to measurement of sex steroids and carried out these experiments: RD.