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Sexual Inversion - choice of same-sexed partner (orientation) Ellis&Ames (1987)-prenatally OR perinatally testosterone aromatized to estradiol--alpha fetoprotein Ward (1985) - stress rats - glucocorticoids (adrenal) - overcrowding
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Sexual Inversion - choice of same-sexed partner (orientation) Ellis&Ames (1987)-prenatally OR perinatally testosterone aromatized to estradiol--alpha fetoprotein Ward (1985) - stress rats - glucocorticoids (adrenal) - overcrowding LeVay, S. (1991). A difference in hypothalamic structure between heterosexual and homosexual men. Science 253, 1034-1037. Maddox, J. (1991). Is homosexuality hard-wired? Nature 353, 13. Interstitial nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus - INAH 1,2, 3, 4 » (humans)-sexually dimorphic n. (rat)? INAH3 is twice as large in heterosexual males as compared to females or homosexual males (replication ?). Central Bed N. Stria Terminalis – sex identity
Xmas Exam (2 hours) Chapters 1, 3, 4, 13, 14 50 multiple-choice (50%) 2 of 3 essays/diagrams (50%) - topics -history -neural transmission -sleep -sex