The Interstitial Nuclei of the Human Anterior Hypothalamus: An Investigation of Variation with Sex, Sexual Orientation, and HIV Status
@article{Byne2001TheIN, title={The Interstitial Nuclei of the Human Anterior Hypothalamus: An Investigation of Variation with Sex, Sexual Orientation, and HIV Status}, author={William M Byne and Stuart A. Tobet and Linda A. Mattiace and Mitchell S. Lasco and Eileen M. Kemether and Mark A Edgar and Susan Morgello and Monte S. Buchsbaum and Liesl B. Jones}, journal={Hormones and Behavior}, year={2001}, volume={40}, pages={86-92} }
The interstitial nuclei of the human anterior hypothalamus (INAH1-4) have been considered candidates for homology with the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area of the rat. Volumetric sexual dimorphism has been described for three of these nuclei (INAH1-3), and INAH3 has been reported to be smaller in homosexual than heterosexual men. The current study measured the INAH in Nissl-stained coronal sections in autopsy material from 34 presumed heterosexual men (24 HIV- and 10 HIV+), 34…
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