Structural and functional sex differences in the human hypothalamus

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作者：
Swaab, DF
Chung, WCJ
Kruijver, FPM
Hofman, MA
Ishunina, TA
机构：
[1] Netherlands Inst Brain Res, Grad Sch Neurosci, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Psychol, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[3] Kursk State Med Univ, Dept Histol & Embryol, Kursk, Russia
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HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR | 2001年 / 40卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1006/hbeh.2001.1682
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号：
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
Sex differences in the brain may be the basis not only for sex differences in reproduction, gender identity (the feeling of being male or female), and sexual orientation (heterosexuality vs homosexuality), but also for the sex difference in prevalence of psychiatric and neurological diseases (Swaab and Hofman, 1995). In this brief article we discuss a few examples of structural and functional sex differences in the human brain. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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