Sexual Differentiation of Brain and Behavior

Knobil and Neill's Physiology of Reproduction: Two-Volume Set

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 2109-2155

  Forger, Nancy G ^a   de Vries, Geert J ^a   Breedlove, S Marc ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Critical periods; Epigenetics; Estradiol; Estrogen; Feminization; Gonadotropic hormones; Heterosexuality; Homosexuality; Masculinization; Sex chromosomes; Sex differences; Sexual behavior; Sexual orientation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942791510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397175-3.00047-8     Document Type: Chapter

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