thesis
Sexual differentiation of the brain and partner preference in the male rat
- Publication date
- 6 March 1996
- Publisher
- The studies reported in this thesis have been conducted to investigate the
sexual differentiation of partner preference in the male rat. Initially, the
effects of neonatal inhibition of brain estrogen formation on later coital
behavior and partner preference of the male rat were studied. Later
studies were directed to the central nervous system and investigated the
neural mechanisms regulating male coital behavior and pattner preference.
This first chapter provides an overview of the effects of gonadal
hormones on the sexual differentiation of the brain, with emphasis on
functional sex differences in behavior and neuroendocrine function in
possible relation to morphological sex differences in the brain.