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Sex, hormones, and behaviour / [editors, Ruth Porter (organizer), Julie Whelan].
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Symposium on Sex, Hormones, and Behaviour (1978 : London)
- Series:
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 62.
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; 62 (new ser.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic sex determination--Congresses.
- Genetic sex determination.
- Hormones, Sex--Physiological effect--Congresses.
- Hormones, Sex.
- Human behavior--Congresses.
- Human behavior.
- Sexual behavior in animals--Congresses.
- Sexual behavior in animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Sex, hormones, and behavior
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Excerpta Medica ; New York : Elsevier/North-Holland, 1979.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
- 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
- Notes:
- "Held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 14th-16th March 1978."
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613694133
- 9781280783746
- 1280783745
- 9780470720448
- 0470720441
- 9780470718124
- 0470718129
- OCLC:
- 797918424
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