Sexual Differentiation of the Central Nervous System
- 20 March 1981
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 211 (4488) , 1294-1302
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6163211
Abstract
Sexual differentiation of reproductive and behavior patterns is largely effected by hormones produced by the gonads. In many higher vertebrates, an integral part of this process is the induction of permanent and essentially irreversible sex differences in central nervous function, in response to gonadal hormones secreted early in development.Keywords
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