Abstract
Hepatic metabolism of steroid hormones in the rat is sexually differentiated at birth by irreversible programming ("imprinting") by testicular androgens. The regulation of sex-dependent enzyme activities in the rat has been shown to be under hypothalamico-hypophyseal control. Probably this control is mainly exerted via a pituitary "feminizing factor" the secretion of which is suppressed in the male rat by a hypothalamic inhibiting factor. The production of this inhibiting factor is "turned on" by neonatal androgenic imprinting.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 643-649 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Steroid Biochemistry |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1975 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Endocrinology
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