Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus

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A cluster of cells in the preoptic area (SDN:POA) of the hypothalamus, so named as the cluster is linked to sexual behaviour in animals; it is smaller in females than males

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No references found			Effects on ER-[beta] cell number in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) were quantified; this sexually dimorphic nucleus of the brain is essential to female reproductive function. Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on estrogen receptor-[beta] ... by Gore, Andrea C. / Environmental Health Perspectives Similar problems are reflected in the effort to identity a sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area of the hypothalamus in studies such as those of LeVay (1993); Gorski, Gordon, Shrune, and Southern (1978); and others. The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory, and Ethics of Sexual ... by Cohler, Bertram J. / The Journal of Sex Research In the late 1970's, it was reported that an aggregate of cells in the hypothalamus, later designated as the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area (SDN-POA), was larger in male than in female rats. Is There a "Homosexual Brain"? by GALLO, VITTORIO; ROBINSON, PHYLLIS R. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide			sexual reflex Sexual Rehearsal Play sexual reproduction Sexual Response Sexual Response Cycle Sexual Responsibility sexual sadism Sexual Seizure sexual selection Sexual Stereotype Sexual Stimulant Sexual Symptom Distress Scale sexual tasks sexual therapist sexual therapy sexual traffic Sexual Transgression Sexual Violation Sexual Work Sexualise sexuality Sexually Acquired Reactive Arthritis Sexually Aggressive Sexually Dangerous sexually deviant personality Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus sexually transmitted disease sexually transmitted disease culture Sexually transmitted diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases Cultures Sexually Transmitted Infection sexually-acquired reactive arthritis Sexuoerotic Sexuoerotic Body Image Fixation Seymour Jones disinfection method Sezary cell Sezary syndrome Sézary syndrome SF SF-12 SF-36 SF-36 Health Survey SF-EMG sfc SFD Sg SGA SGOT SGPT SGPV SH			sexually sexually sexually abuse Sexually abused Sexually abused Sexually abused Sexually Abused and Exploited Children Sexually Acquired Reactive Arthritis Sexually Acquired Reactive Arthritis Sexually Active sexually aggressive Sexually Aggressive Women Sexually Aggressive Youth Sexually aroused Sexually aroused Sexually arousing Sexually arousing Sexually assault Sexually assault Sexually assault Sexually assaulted Sexually assaulted Sexually assaulted sexually attractive sexually dangerous sexually deviant personality Sexually dimorphic Sexually dimorphic Sexually dimorphic Sexually Dimorphic Area Pars Compacta Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus of the Medial Preoptic Area Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus of the Preoptic Area Sexually Explicit Material on the Internet Sexually Exploited Child Unit Sexually Exploited Children on the Streets Sexually Exploited Youth Program sexually impure Sexually Inappropriate sexually indecent sexually indulgent Sexually monomorphic Sexually monomorphic Sexually monomorphic Sexually Nerdishly Expressive Recidivistic Troll Sexually Oriented Advertising Sexually oriented business Sexually promiscuous Sexually promiscuous Sexually promiscuous Sexually transmissible disease Sexually transmissible disease Sexually transmissible disease Sexually transmissible diseases Sexually transmissible diseases Sexually transmissible diseases Sexually transmitted Sexually transmitted Sexually transmitted Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory sexually transmitted disease

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