Sexual differentiation of the rodent brain: dogma and beyond

Steroid hormones of gonadal origin act on the neonatal brain to produce sex differences that underlie adult reproductive physiology and behavior. Neuronal sex differences occur on a variety of levels, including differences in regional volume and/or cell number, morphology, physiology, molecular sig...

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Main Authors: Kathryn M. Lenz, Bridget M Nugent, Margaret M McCarthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2012.00026/full