Clinical implications of the organizational and activational effects of hormones

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-632

  Diamond, Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Behavioral activation; Brain organization; Gender patterns; Identity; Intersex; Sexual Development; Sexual orientation; Testosterone; Transsexuality

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY;

EID: 65549144956     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.007     Document Type: Note

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