Sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue C, 2010, Pages 41-62

  Savic, Ivanka ^a   Garcia Falgueras, Alicia ^b,c   Swaab, Dick F ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender identity; Homosexuality; Human brain; Sexual differentiation; Sexual orientation; Transsexuality

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

BOOK; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MASCULINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 78649303760     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53630-3.00004-X     Document Type: Chapter

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