This focus examines the sexual development and differentiation of the brain, as well as the brain circuits behind pair bonding, a sex-associated social behavior. An accompanying commentary raises ethical issues that must be considered when studying such a complex (and controversial) topic as human sexuality. These articles are freely available for the month of October.
Ethics and social policy in research on the neuroscience of human sexualitypp1031 - 1033 Paul R Wolpe doi:10.1038/nn1324 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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Sexual differentiation of the vertebrate nervous systempp1034 - 1039 John A Morris, Cynthia L Jordan
& S Marc Breedlove Published online: 27 September 2004|doi:10.1038/nn1325 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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The neural basis of puberty and adolescencepp1040 - 1047 Cheryl L Sisk
& Douglas L Foster Published online: 27 September 2004|doi:10.1038/nn1326 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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The neurobiology of pair bondingpp1048 - 1054 Larry J Young
& Zuoxin Wang Published online: 26 September 2004|doi:10.1038/nn1327 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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