| AN ENLARGED SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS IN HOMOSEXUAL MEN |
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| Author(s): SWAAB DF, HOFMAN MA |
| Source: BRAIN RESEARCH Volume: 537 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 141-148 Published: DEC 24 1990 |
| Times Cited: 153 References: 42 |
| Abstract: Morphometric analysis of the human hypothalamus revealed that the volume of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in homosexual men is 1.7 times as large as that of a reference group of male subjects and contains 2.1 times as many cells. In another hypothalamic nucleus which is located in the immediate vicinity of the SCN, the sexually dimorphic nucleus (SDN), no such differences in either volume or cell number were found. The SDN data indicate the selectivity of the enlarged SCN in homosexual men, but do not support the hypothesis that homosexual men have a 'female hypothalamus'. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: SWAAB, DF (reprint author), NETHERLANDS INST BRAIN RES, MEIBERGDREEF 33, 1105 AZ AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS |
| Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS |
| Subject Category: Neurosciences |
| IDS Number: EP961 |
| ISSN: 0006-8993 |