Structural sex differences in the mammalian brain: Reconsidering the male/female dichotomy

Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 229-255

  Woodson, James C ^a   Gorski, Roger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203710364     Document Type: Chapter

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