Neuronal cell death during sexual differentiation and lateralisation of vocal communication

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 725-733

  Holman, Steve D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior hypothalamus; Gerbil; Lateral asymmetry; Sociosexual ultrasounds; Stereology

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0031757556     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(98)00001-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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