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Gonadal and Nongonadal Regulation of Sex Differences in Hypothalamic Kiss1 Neurones
12 May 2010
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The brains of males and females differ anatomically and physiologically, including sex differences in neurone size or number, synapse morphology and specific patterns of gene expression. Brain sex differences may underlie critical sex differences in physiology or behaviour, including several aspects of reproduction, such as the timing of sexual maturation (earlier in females than males) and the ability to...
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