Sex Differences in the Brain: From Genes to Behavior

Sex Differences in the Brain: From Genes to Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-512

  Becker, Jill B ^a   Berkley, Karen J ^b   Geary, Nori ^c   Hampson, Elizabeth ^d   Herman, James P ^e   Young, Elizabeth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine system; Nervous system; Neurobiology; Neurological disorders; Pharmacogenetics; Stress Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919511701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311587.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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