A sexually dimorphic hypothalamic nucleus in a macaque species with frequent female-female mounting and same-sex sexual partner preference

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 265-272

  Vasey, Paul L ^a   Pfaus, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homosexual behaviour; Preoptic anterior hypothalamus; Primate; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MACACA; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 11444253050     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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