Sexual differentiation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in humans may extend into adulthood

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1027-1033

  Chung, Wilson C J ^a   De Vries, Geert J ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Bed nucleus of stria terminalis; Brain; Human; Plasticity; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN; STEROID; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0036470140     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-03-01027.2002     Document Type: Article

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