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“The Sexual Brain,” by John Morris, Cynthia Jordan and Marc Breedlove
Brian Fiske, Associate Editor, Nature Neuroscience, ibid, Book Review
Becoming sexually competent, though, requires the development of not only the
correct reproductive machinery but also the appropriate brain circuitry to motivate
the search for a sexual partner—and to know what to do when you have found one.
In the following special focus, we highlight some of the major areas where researchers
are seeking to understand the neurobiology behind sexual behavior. ... [The Authors]
discuss the development and differentiation of a number of sexually dimorphic
structures in the brain and nervous system of rodents and birds, specifically focusing
on how the masculinizing hormone testosterone promotes male behavior and brain
structural development by altering cell survival and synaptogenesis. The authors
close with a discussion of how more complex human behaviors, including sexual
orientation, might develop through the actions of prenatal hormones. Although
much of what makes males and females sexually different occurs in the womb and
during early life, puberty and adolescence are when we become reproductively
capable and aware. the authors explain, puberty is not just the activation by
hormones of these preset brain circuits; a number of behaviors do not fully mature
until puberty, suggesting that the brain continues to develop sexually during this
period ... the authors explain, sex enhances pair bonding through a pathway that
involves reward centers in the brain, leading to the idea that the formation of a strong
social bond is not unlike an addiction.
“Born to be Gay” - Wednesday, 15 October 2003
European Journal of Endocrinology , Vol. 155, Issue suppl_1, 123- 130
Society of the European Journal of Endocrinology
New research suggests that homosexuality could be 'hard-wired' into the brain in
utero. And the evidence was revealed in the blink of an eye. Steve Connor assesses the
latest claims and counterclaims ... The latest study, by a London research team,
suggests that gay men and lesbians have acquired their sexual orientation very early
in life, perhaps even in the womb. In effect the findings suggest that homosexuality is
"hard-wired" into the brain long before the onset of adolescence. The idea that sexual
orientation was a biological rather than a psychological condition was now firmly
entrenched. It became even more so following the publication of a study by Ray