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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Louann Brizendine, M.D.
, a neuropsychiatrist at the University of California-San Francisco, is the founder of the Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic. She was previously on faculty at the Harvard Medical School and is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine and the University of California-Berkeley in neurobiology. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and son.
This book is not intended to take the place of medical advice from a trained medical professional. Readers are advised to consult a physician or other qualified health professional regarding treatment of their medical problems. Neither the publisher nor the author takes any responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, action, or application of medicine, herb, or preparation to any person reading or following the information in this book.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brizendine, Louann, 1952-
The male brain / Louann Brizendine.
p. cm.
1. Neuroendocrinology. 2. Brain--Sex differences. 3. Men--Physiology. I. Title.
QP356.4.B75 2010
612.8--dc22 2009042116

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