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Brain sex difference through actions of steroid hormones Yasuo Sakuma 1 1Department of Physiology, Nippon Medical School Keyword: アロマターゼ仮説 , 性的二型 , ロードーシス反射 pp.845-855
Published Date 2006/12/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431100405
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 In the rat, the most common animal model for the study of brain sexual dimorphism, testosterone accounts for most, if not all, of the known sex differences. Testosterone masculinizes the brain at a particular stage of development, and establishes male brain morphology and functional pattern in behavior and reproductive endocrinology. Testosterone is aromatized in the rat brain to form estrogens, and masculinization is accomplished via the activation of estrogen receptors in several structures. Although estrogen receptor is indespensable for the masculinization of the brain, recent observations suggest involvement of androgen receptors in masculinization of certain brain morphology and functions. In each sexually dimorphic region, more work is needed to determine specific cellular and molecular events which culminate in the sex difference. Neuronal death, migration, neuroneogenesis will contribute to brain sexual dimorphism. Whether early hormone action is also at work in the human brain is attracting much interest. Anecdotal evidence shows that early activation of androgen receptor masculinizes the human brain.


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