Sexual differentiation of the human brain: relevance for gender identity, transsexualism and sexual orientation From: Gynecological Endocrinology | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Swaab, D F | Copyright CRC Press Dec 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Key words: SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION, BRAIN, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, TRANSSEXUALITY, HOMOSEXUALITY, HETEROSEXUALITY, ESTROGEN RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN RECEPTORS

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Male sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior are thought, on the basis of experiments in rodents, to be caused by androgens, following conversion to estrogcns. However, observations in human subjects with genetic and other disorders show that direct effects of testosterone on the developing fetal brain are ...

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