title: Sexual differentiation of behavior: the foundation of a developmental model of psychosexuality.
abstract: The sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior occurs as the result of prenatal hormonal influences. Knowledge of this area is helpful for the construction of an appropriately modern psychoanalytically informed developmental paradigm of psychosexuality.
authors.affiliation: Weill Cornell Medical College, USA. rcf2@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Jennifer I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Downey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011606:Psychosexual Development / Q000502:physiology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012733:Sex Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones