A Review of the Status of Brain Structure Research in Transsexualism

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1615-1648

  Guillamon, Antonio ^a,b   Junque, Carme ^c,d   Gómez Gil, Esther ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Academia de Psicología de España   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross sex hormone treatment; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sex differences; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973165212     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-016-0768-5     Document Type: Review

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