Wired on steroids: Sexual differentiation of the brain and its role in the expression of sexual partner preferences

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Alexander, Brenda M ^a   Skinner, Donal C ^a   Roselli, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal steroids; Preoptic area; Sexual differentiation; Sexual orientation; Sexual partner preference; Sexually dimorphic nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874347196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00042     Document Type: Review

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