Sex, hormones, and behaviour / / [editors, Ruth Porter (organizer), Julie Whelan]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996206969003316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam : , : Excerpta Medica; New York : , : Elsevier/North-Holland, , 1979
• ISBN: 1-280-78374-5; 9786613694133; 0-470-72044-1; 0-470-71812-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 62 (new ser.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PorterRuth; WhelanJulie
• Disciplina: 612.6
• Soggetti: Sex determination, Genetic; Hormones, Sex - Physiological effect; Human behavior; Sexual behavior in animals
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 14th-16th March 1978."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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