Brain masculinization requires androgen receptor function
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Brain masculinization requires androgen receptor function.
Testicular testosterone produced during a critical perinatal period is thought to masculinize and defeminize the male brain from the inherent feminization program and induce male-typical behaviors in the adult. These actions of testosterone appear to be exerted not through its androgenic activity, but rather through its conversion by brain aromatase into estrogen, with the consequent activation...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0305303101