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Sex Differentiation Disorders

Known as: Sexual Differentiation Disorder, Disorders, Sex Differentiation, Disorders, Sexual Differentiation 
A congenital disorder characterized by abnormalities in the development of the sexual characteristics.
National Institutes of Health

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Developmental DisabilitiesGonadal DisordersReproductive system

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Disorders of Sex Development

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Low CA1 spine synapse density is further reduced by castration in male non-human primates.
The hippocampus plays a major role in learning and memory and its morphology and function are readily affected by gonadal… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Changes in catecholamine levels and turnover rates in hypothalamic, vocal control, and auditory nuclei in male zebra finches during development.
The catecholamines norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) have been implicated in the sexual differentiation of brain and behavior… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The marsupial male: a role model for sexual development.
Sexual differentiation in male marsupials has many similarities with that of eutherians. Marsupials have an XX-XY sex determining… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior: the zebra finch is not just a flying rat.
In rats and other mammals, sex differences in the brain and behavior result from differential secretions of gonadal steroid… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Sexual differentiation of behavior in the zebra finch: Effect of early gonadectomy or androgen treatment
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Sexual differentiation of synaptic connectivity and neuronal plasma membrane in the arcuate nucleus of the rat hypothalamus
Review
1985
Review
1985
The 13th J. A. F. Stevenson memorial lecture. Sexual differentiation of the brain: possible mechanisms and implications.
The mammalian brain appears to be inherently feminine and the action of testicular hormones during development is necessary for… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Steroid hormone synthesis and secretion by testes, ovary, and adrenals of embryonic and postembryonic ducks.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Sexual differentiation and feedback control of luteinizing hormone secretion in the rhesus monkey.
The inhibitory and stimulatory effects of estradiol-1 7i3 (E2) on systemic Iuteinizing hormone (LH) levels were studied in three… 
Highly Cited
1944
Highly Cited
1944
Ovarian AgenesisPathology, Associated Clinical Symptoms and the Bearing on the Theories of Sex Differentiation
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