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Sex, Hormones and Behaviour.
Title:
Sex, Hormones and Behaviour.
Author:
Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
ISBN:
9780470718124
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (392 pages)
Series:
Novartis Foundation Symposia ; v.914

Novartis Foundation Symposia
Contents:
Sex, Hormones and Behaviour -- Contents -- Chairman's introduction -- Basic sexual trends in the development of vertebrates -- Discussion -- The effects of oestrogen on hypothalamic tissue -- Discussion -- Psychosexual development: an examination of the role of prenatal hormones -- Discussion -- Sex-dimorphic behaviour development in the human: prenatal hormone administration and postnatal socialization -- Discussion -- Hormones and sexual differentiation of the brain -- Discussion -- Animal models for human sexuality -- Discussion -- Male homosexuality: perversion, deviation or variant? -- Discussion -- Transsexuality: some remarks based on clinical experience -- Discussion -- The endocrine function of the human testis in regard to sexuality -- Discussion -- Androgens and human sexual behaviour -- Discussion -- Sexual compatibility in rhesus monkeys: predicting sexual performance of oppositely sexed pairs of adults -- Discussion -- General discussion Sexual differentiation of the brain of the sheep: effects of prenatal implantation of androgen -- Sexual and aggressive behaviour in social groups of talapoin monkeys -- Discussion -- The effects of neonatal exposure to testosterone on the development of behaviour in female marmoset monkeys -- Discussion -- Monoamines and sexual behaviour in non-human primates -- Discussion -- Final general discussion -- Concluding remarks -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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