A role for ovarian hormones in sexual differentiation of the brain

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-352

  Fitch, Roslyn Holly ^a   Denenberg, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Activational effects; Androgens; Corpus callosum; Estrogen; Female default hypothesis; Feminization; Masculinization; Organizational effects; Sensitive periods; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROMATIZATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMINIZATION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OVARIECTOMY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRILIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RATS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031671145     PISSN: 0140525X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X98001216     Document Type: Review

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