The gender of the voice within: the neural origin of sex differences in the brain

被引:14
作者
Arnold, AP [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Physiol Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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10.1016/j.conb.2003.10.005
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
In mammals and birds, the sex of the brain has been attributed to the action of gonadal hormones. In males, testosterone from the testes acts early in life to make the brain masculine. Studies of songbirds and rodents suggest, however, that male and female brain cells are intrinsically different also because of the sex differences in the expression of sex chromosome genes within the cells.
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