Sex in the brain. Gender differences in the human hypothalamus and adjacent areas. Relationship to transsexualism, sexual orientation, sex hormone receptors and endocrine status

Authors	F.P.M. Kruijver
Supervisors	D.F. Swaab
Cosupervisors	L.J.G. Gooren
Award date	22-10-2004
ISBN	9080870528 9789080870529
Number of pages	280
Organisations	Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: NPA
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Titlepage Contents List of abbreviations Chapter 1: General introduction Chapter 2: Male-to-female transsexual people have female neuron numbers in a limbic nucleus Chapter 3: Sex differences in the distribution of androgen receptors in the human hypothalamus Chapter 4: Sex difference in andorgen receptors of the human mamillary bodies are related to endocrine status rather than to sexual orientation or transsexuality Chapter 5: Estrogen receptor-α distribution in the human hypothalamus in relation to sex and endocrine status Chapter 6: Estrogen-receptor-β distribution in the human hypothalamus: Similarities and differences with Erα distribution Chapter 7: Differential expression of estrogen receptor α and β immunoreactivity in the human supraoptic nucleu in relation to sex and aging Chapter 8: Hormone receptors are present in the human suprachiasmatic nucleus Chapter 9: General discussion Chapter 10: References chapter 1 - 9 Summary of the thesis Samenvatting Acknowledgements/Dankwoord Curriculum Vitae Bibliography Cover
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