Organized for sex - steroid hormones and the developing hypothalamus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2096-2104

  Lenz, Kathryn M ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hypothalamus; Sex differences; Sexual behavior; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; COITUS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MASCULINITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78650014999     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07511.x     Document Type: Article

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