Organizing effects of sex steroids on brain aromatase activity in quail.

Preoptic/hypothalamic aromatase activity (AA) is sexually differentiated in birds and mammals but the mechanisms controlling this sex difference remain unclear. We determined here (1) brain sites where AA is sexually differentiated and (2) whether this sex difference results from organizing effects...

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Main Authors: Charlotte A Cornil, Gregory F Ball, Jacques Balthazart, Thierry D Charlier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3084794?pdf=render