TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System PY - 2014 T2 - Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition AB - Genes and Hormones Determine Physical Differences Between Males and FemalesChromosomal Sex Directs the Gonadal Differentiation of the EmbryoGonads Synthesize Hormones That Promote Sexual DifferentiationSteroid Hormones Act by Binding to Specific ReceptorsSexual Differentiation of the Nervous System Generates Sexually Dimorphic BehaviorsA Sexually Dimorphic Neural Circuit Controls Erectile FunctionA Sexually Dimorphic Neural Circuit Controls Song Production in BirdsA Sexually Dimorphic Neural Circuit in the Hypothalamus Controls Mating BehaviorEnvironmental Cues Control Some Sexually Dimorphic BehaviorsPheromones Control Partner Choice in MiceEarly Experience Modifies Later Maternal BehaviorSexual Dimorphism in the Human Brain May Correlate with Gender Identity and Sexual OrientationAn Overall View SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101684000 ER -