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Sex and the developing brain

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Sex and the developing brain/ Margaret M. McCarthy.
作者:	McCarthy, Margaret M.
出版者:	San Rafael, California :Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences, : 2017.,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (156 p.)
標題:	Brain - Sex differences. -
電子資源:	click for full text
ISBN:	9781615047284

Sex and the developing brain
McCarthy, Margaret M.

Sex and the developing brain[electronic resource] /Margaret M. McCarthy. - 2nd ed. - San Rafael, California :Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences,2017. - 1 online resource (156 p.) - Colloquium series on the developing brain ;14.. - Colloquium series on the developing brain ;14..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sex and the developing brain, 2nd Edition -- Abstract; Keywords -- Contents -- Preface; Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior in Context -- Chapter 3: Sex Determination versus Sex Differentiation -- Chapter 4: Masculinization, Feminization, and Defeminization -- Chapter 5: Steroid Hormones are Potent Modulators of Brain Development -- Chapter 6: Sex Differences in the Brain are Established During a Developmental Sensitive Window -- Chapter 7: Sex Differences in Reproductive Physiology and Behavior are Coordinated -- Chapter 8: Steroids Influence Multiple Endpoints via Multiple Mechanisms to Organize the Brain -- Chapter 9: Cellular Mechanisms of Steroid-Mediated Organization of the Brain -- Chapter 10: Ultrasonic Vocalizations Differ in Neonatal Males and Females Because of a Gene Called -- Chapter 11: Overcoming the Hegemony of Hormones: Genes Matter Too -- Chapter 12: Winged Messengers: Lessons from Birds and Flies -- Chapter 13: Sexual Differentiation of the Primate Brain -- Chapter 14: Sexual Differentiation of the Human Brain -- Chapter 15: Imaging Studies Give Insight Into Brain Sex Differences -- Chapter 16: Steroids and Human Brain Development -- Chapter 17: The Value of Understanding the Effect of Sex on the Developing Brain -- Bibliography -- Classic References -- Author Biography.

Sex differences in the brain are determined by genetics, hormones, and experience, which in humans includes culture, society, and parental and peer expectations. The importance of nonbiological variables to sex differences in humans is paramount, making it difficult if not impossible to parse out those contributions that are truly biological.

ISBN: 9781615047284Subjects--Topical Terms:

791899
Brain
--Sex differences.

LC Class. No.: QP278

Dewey Class. No.: 612.8

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