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The role of androgen receptors in the masculinization of brain and behavior: What we've learned from the testicular feminization mutation
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Many studies demonstrate that exposure to testicular steroids such as testosterone early in life masculinizes the developing brain, leading to permanent changes in behavior. Traditionally, masculinization of the rodent brain is believed to depend on estrogen receptors (ERs) and not androgen receptors (ARs). According to the aromatization hypothesis, circulating testosterone from the testes is converted locally in the brain by aromatase to estrogens, which then activate ERs to masculinize the brain. However, an emerging body of evidence indicates that the aromatization hypothesis cannot fully account for sex differences in brain morphology and behavior, and that androgens acting on ARs also play a role. The testicular feminization mutation (Tfm) in rodents, which produces a nonfunctional AR protein, provides an excellent model to probe the role of ARs in the development of brain and behavior. Tfm rodent models indicate that ARs are normally involved in the masculinization of many sexually dimorphic brain regions and a variety of behaviors, including sexual behaviors, stress response and cognitive processing. We review the role of ARs in the development of the brain and behavior, with an emphasis on what has been learned from Tfm rodents as well as from related mutations in humans causing complete androgen insensitivity.
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BackgroundDevelopmental Sex Differences in the Metabolism of Cardiolipin in Mouse Cerebral Cortex Mitochondria
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Mueller, S. C., Verwilst, T., Branteghem, A. V., T'Sjoen, G. G., & Cools, M. (2015) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.10.018 · Cited by 22
Development of the Cerebellum from Molecular Aspects to Diseases
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“The nomenclature used by Feirabend [36] for the early development of the chicken cerebellum is different, but his account of the origin of the cerebellar nuclei from the ventricular zone is very similar to that of Rüdeberg.”
BackgroundResultInfluentialThe gastrin-releasing peptide system in the spinal cord mediates masculine sexual function
Sakamoto, H. (2010) · Anatomical Science International · doi:10.1007/s12565-010-0097-z · Cited by 24
“As a result of this mutation, the rodent analogue of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome in humans (Quigley et al. 1995), genetically male Tfm rodents appear phenotypically female: they possess well-developed nipples typical of female rodents, lack normal male genitalia but have a wholly feminine exterior phenoty…”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialAnalysis of androgen receptor expression and activity in the mouse brain
Dart, D. A., Bevan, C. L., Onganer, P. U., & Jiang, W. G. (2024) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-61733-9 · Cited by 24
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“This gonadal hormone surge in which the fetal testis produces androgens in the latter third of gestation in rodents (McCarthy et al., 2017; Zuloaga et al., 2008) masculinizes the male body and brain in a microglia-dependent manner (Bakker and Baum, 2008; Lenz et al.”
BackgroundSocial memory associated with estrogen receptor polymorphisms in women
Karlsson, S. A., Henningsson, S., Hovey, D., Zettergren, A., Jönsson, L., Cortes, D. S., Melke, J., Laukka, P., Fischer, H., & Westberg, L. (2016) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsw010 · Cited by 24
“…recognition in rodents, and that ARs are important for sexual differentiation of the human brain during early, prenatal development, the AR does deserve further attention in future studies of social memory (Axelson et al., 1999; Pierman et al., 2008; Zuloaga et al., 2008; Gabor et al., 2012).”
BackgroundChinn, G. A., Russell, J. M. S., Yabut, N. A., Maharjan, D., & Sall, J. W. (2020) · Anesthesiology · doi:10.1097/aln.0000000000003437 · Cited by 26
“Treatment with flutamide is similar to testicular feminization, in which genetically male individuals are born with a nonfunctioning androgen receptor.(27) In rodent models, all sexually dimorphic nuclei examined with testicular feminized animals show loss of male characteristics,(27) which highlights the importance o…”
BackgroundTate, C. C., Hagai, E. B., & Crosby, F. J. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108584234 · Cited by 29
Non-neural androgen receptor promotes androphilic odor preference in mice.
Swift-Gallant, A., Coome, L., Srinivasan, S., & Monks, D. A. (2016) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.05.013 · Cited by 19
Fetal origin of sex‐bias brain aging
Islam, M., Strawn, M., & Behura, S. K. (2022) · The FASEB Journal · doi:10.1096/fj.202200255rr · Cited by 17
“androgen in males, which plays roles in brain masculinization (95).”
BackgroundAndrogen Receptor signaling promotes the neural progenitor cell pool in the developing cortex
Rosa, P. L., Bartoli, G., Vecchioli, S. F., Cesari, E., Pagliarini, V., & Sette, C. (2020) · Journal of Neurochemistry · doi:10.1111/jnc.15192 · Cited by 18
“However, human males with loss of function mutations in the aromatase gene behave normally (Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
BackgroundThe effects of prenatal sex steroid hormones on sexual differentiation of the brain
Karaismailoğlu, S., & Erdem, A. (2013) · Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association · doi:10.5152/jtgga.2013.86836 · Cited by 22
“Therefore, the main factor is suggested to be the reciprocal interaction between estrogen receptors and androgen receptors in the male fetal brain (8).”
BackgroundMueller, S. C. (2013) · Journal of Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1111/jne.12048 · Cited by 15
Sexo e percepção da dor e analgesia
Palmeira, C. C. D. A., Ashmawi, H. A., & Posso, I. (2011) · Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology · doi:10.1590/s0034-70942011000600014 · Cited by 18
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Corepressors, nuclear receptors, and epigenetic factors on DNA: A tail of repression
Auger, A. P., & Jessen, H. M. (2009) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.05.012 · Cited by 21
“While it has been considered that estradiol was the main metabolite in differentiating male from female brain, a role for androgen receptors also appears to be important (Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
BackgroundIs human brain masculinization estrogen receptor-mediated? Reply to Luoto and Rantala
Puts, D. A., & Motta‐Mena, N. V. (2017) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.07.018 · Cited by 24
“Louto and Rantala (2017; henceforth, L&R) highlight an underappreciated point in behavioral endocrinology—that human brain masculinization is primarily androgen receptor (AR)-mediated, rather than estrogen receptor (ER)-mediated, as it is in rodents (reviewed in Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
Self-citationWisniewski, A., Espinoza-Varas, B., Aston, C., Edmundson, S., Champlin, C., Pasanen, E. G., & McFadden, D. (2014) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.07.004 · Cited by 16
“…hypothesis of brain/behavior masculinization observed in nonhuman species generalizes to gender and sexually dimorphic auditory measures in humans (Zuloaga et al., 2008), and (2) whether or not sex differences in cochlear function and gender development are influenced by sex chromosomes.”
Sakamoto, H., Saito, K., Marie-Luce, C., Raskin, K., Oti, T., Satoh, K., Tamura, K., Sakamoto, T., & Mhaouty‐Kodja, S. (2013) · Neuroscience Letters · doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2013.10.068 · Cited by 23
Sexual Differentiation of Brain and Behavior
McCarthy, M. M. (2012) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-375097-6.10017-4 · Cited by 25
A lumpers versus splitters approach to sexual differentiation of the brain
McCarthy, M. M. (2011) · Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2011.01.004 · Cited by 14
“This includes the predicted effect of absent or compromised masculinization in multiple varieties of mutant mice either lacking estrogen receptors or the ability to make estradiol [12;13;14;15;16], with relatively little but specific effects in mice lacking androgen receptors [17;18;19].”
BackgroundRybka, K. A., Lafrican, J. J., Rosinger, Z. J., Ariyibi, D. O., Brooks, M. R., Jacobskind, J. S., & Zuloaga, D. G. (2023) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105448 · Cited by 15
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“However, as others have argued [51], we must be”
BackgroundInfluentialIndividual differences in the biological basis of androphilia in mice and men
Swift‐Gallant, A. (2018) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.12.006 · Cited by 18
Fritz, W. F., Sena, L. S., Becker, S. E., & Katz, L. (2019) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.01.008 · Cited by 13
An androgenic endocrine disruptor alters male mating behavior in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
Bertram, M. G., Saaristo, M., Ecker, T. E., Baumgartner, J. B., & Wong, B. B. M. (2018) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/ary121 · Cited by 15
“Given that a vital role of androgens is the development and regulation of male sexual behaviors (Zuloaga et al. 2008; Cunningham et al. 2012), exposure to exogenous androgens may alter these behaviors.”
BackgroundBorrow, A. P., Levy, M., Soehngen, E., & Cameron, N. M. (2013) · Journal of neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1111/jne.12035 · Cited by 13
Testosterone and the Amygdala’s Functional Connectivity in Women and Men
Kogler, L., Müller, V. I., Moser, E., Windischberger, C., Gur, R. C., Habel, U., Eickhoff, S. B., & Derntl, B. (2023) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm12206501 · Cited by 15
“There is evidence that testosterone impacts and regulates the function and organization of the brain (e.g., [91,92]).”
BackgroundAlward, B. A., Hoadley, A. P., Jackson, L. R., & Lopez, M. S. (2022) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105295 · Cited by 9
Androgen Regulation of Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptor 1 in the Mouse Brain
Rybka, K. A., Sturm, K. L., Guzman, R. M. D., Bah, S., Jacobskind, J. S., Rosinger, Z. J., Taroc, E. Z. M., Forni, P. E., & Zuloaga, D. G. (2022) · Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.04.005 · Cited by 13
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Type 2 17-β Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase as a Novel Target for the Treatment of Osteoporosis
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Epigenomic Programming in Early Fetal Brain Development
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Considerations for Integrating Women into Closed Occupations in U.S. Special Operations Forces
Szayna, T. S., Larson, E. V., O'Mahony, A., Robson, S. M., Schaefer, A. G., Matthews, M., Polich, J., Ayer, L., Eaton, D., Marcellino, W., et al. (2015) · doi:10.7249/rr1058 · Cited by 11
“However, injection of testosterone, a male sex hormone, has been shown to elicit blunted responses to stress (Lund, Hinds, and Handa, 2006; Handa et al., 2008; Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
BackgroundOrganizational Effects of Gonadal Hormones on Human Sexual Orientation
Swift‐Gallant, A., Aung, T., Rosenfield, K. A., Dawood, K., & Puts, D. A. (2023) · Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology · doi:10.1007/s40750-023-00226-x · Cited by 11
“It has been hypothesized that estrogens also play an important role in masculinizing the human brain (e.g., Luoto & Rantala, 2017), but multiple lines of evidence contra - dict this hypothesis (Motta-Mena & Puts, 2017; Puts & Motta-Mena, 2017 ; Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
BackgroundSelf-citationThe role of puberty on physical and brain development: A longitudinal study in male Rhesus Macaques
Kovacs-Balint, Z. A., Raper, J., Richardson, R., Gopakumar, A., Kettimuthu, K., Higgins, M. K., Feczko, E., Earl, E., Ethun, K. F., Li, L., et al. (2023) · Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101237 · Cited by 11
“and cell body volumes, given that gonadectomized rats had smaller neuronal nuclei and soma volumes in the medial AMY than those treated with E2 or dihydrotestosterone (Zuloaga et al., 2008; De Castilhos et al., 2010); and (3) increases in dendritic length/arborization and synapse”
Androgen insensitivity syndrome.
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Critical role of androgen receptor in the postnatal period in male sexual behavior in rats
Yamada, S., Ohoya, M., Takanami, K., Matsuda, K., & Kawata, M. (2015) · Neuroscience Letters · doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2015.10.040 · Cited by 9
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Biological Foundations of Sexual Orientation
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Self-citationEffects of Insecticide and Herbicides on Thyroid Disturbances in Zebrafish
Ma, T.-T., An, X., Wu, P., He, X.-L., & Luo, Y. (2024) · Toxics · doi:10.3390/toxics12080570 · Cited by 8
“THs control the migration and differentiation of neurons, oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and microglia in the brain [88,89], and both androgens and estrogens play important roles in brain development [90].”
BackgroundMale-specific association of the 2p25 region with suicide attempt in bipolar disorder
Gaynor, S. C., Monson, E. T., Gaine, M. E., Chimenti, M. S., Reichman, R. D., Parsons, M. G., Oonthonpan, L., Zandi, P. P., Potash, J. B., & Willour, V. L. (2019) · Journal of Psychiatric Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.11.009 · Cited by 15
“Finally, androgens and the androgen receptor have been implicated in the regulation of aggressive and impulsive behaviors (Carré et al., 2017; Giammanco et al., 2005; Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
BackgroundThe testosterone two-step is really a minuet.
Hamson, D. K., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove, S. (2010) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2010.04.025 · Cited by 8
“There are several examples of spontaneous mutations that disrupt AR in rats, mice, and humans (Zuloaga et al., 2008), but in those cases, the disruption isglobal, and therefore the periphery is entirely feminine.”
BackgroundSelf-citationTakanami, K., Morishita, M., Sakamoto, T., & Sakamoto, H. (2023) · General and Comparative Endocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114289 · Cited by 5
Structural Insights and Intermolecular Energy for Some Medium and Long-Chain Testosterone Esters
Turza, A., Pășcuță, P., Mare, L., Borodi, G., & Popescu, V. (2023) · Molecules · doi:10.3390/molecules28073097 · Cited by 5
“Targeting androgen receptors has been shown to have a positive overall impact on health and the state of well-being, and it triggers an increased protein synthesis in certain tissues which contain androgen receptors, among which are bones and muscle tissues [7].”
BackgroundGender Differences in the Relationship between State and Trait Anxiety and Empathy
Burton, L. A., & Nkwo, C. (2022) · Current Psychology · doi:10.1007/s12144-022-03716-5 · Cited by 8
“The mechanism for predisposing a brain to be empathizing or systemizing is thought to be prenatal exposure to testosterone (Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
BackgroundContributions of gonadal hormones in the sex-specific organization of context fear learning
Colón, L. M., Peru, E., Zuloaga, D. G., & Poulos, A. M. (2023) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282293 · Cited by 6
Self-citationHormones and Cerebellar Development
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Testosterona y homicidio: aspectos neuroendocrinos de la agresión
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Feminization of social play behavior depends on microgliaPreprint
VanRyzin, J. W., Marquardt, A. E., & McCarthy, M. M. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.08.19.608675 · Cited by 2
“While the cellular underpinnings of masculinization are well-studied (Zuloaga et al., 2008), the mechanisms underlying feminization of brain and behavior remain poorly understood.”
BackgroundAndrogen action on myogenesis throughout the lifespan; comparison with neurogenesis
Barsky, S. T., & Monks, D. A. (2023) · Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101101 · Cited by 6
To What Extent are Prenatal Androgens Involved in the Development of Male Homosexuality in Humans?
Tasos, E. (2021) · Journal of Homosexuality · doi:10.1080/00918369.2021.1933792 · Cited by 4
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2d:4d, Big Fives and Aggression in Young Men of Caucasian, Ural and Asian Origin
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“…of gestation (Rice and Barone 2000; Lan et al. 2000), thus the period of the T peak takes places at the time of early brain maturation, which plays important role in forming sexual dimorphism of human brain structures (Chi et al. 1977; Dubb et al. 2003; Cosgrove et al. 2007; Zuloaga et al. 2008).”
BackgroundOyola, M. G., Malysz, A. M., Mani, S. K., & Handa, R. J. (2015) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-802114-9.00013-5 · Cited by 7
Pharmachosexology: Use of Sex Hormones in Psychiatric Conditions
Fisher, A. D., Ristori, J., & Maggi, M. (2018) · Trends in andrology and sexual medicine · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68306-5_19 · Cited by 6
The Physiology of Sex Differences
Saucier, D., & Ehresman, C. (2010) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1465-1_11 · Cited by 3
Perinatal hyperandrogenization and immune activation in rodents model subtypes of autism
Burke, F. F., Randell, A. M., Sparkes, K. M., Salia, S., Hinks, M., Martin, Y. H., Porter, Z. R., Hynes, C., Maekawa, A. S., Sled, J. G., et al. (2026) · Translational Psychiatry · doi:10.1038/s41398-026-03821-0 · Cited by 2
“By contrast, the prenatal sex steroid theory speci fi cally posits that increased prenatal androgen exposure underlies both the male-biased prevalence and associated differences in brain structure, behavior, and, in some studies, morphology [13 – 15].”
Endocrine gland size is proportional to its target tissue size
Raz, M., Milo, T., Glass, D. S., Mayo, A., & Alon, U. (2024) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.110625 · Cited by 5
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“The effects of testosterone on the developing brain in rat males during critical periods of early neonatal and pubertal periods determine the formation of different forms of behavior, specifically, communicative, research, reproductive and aggressive, causing persistent masculinization [24, 25].”
BackgroundNeonatal DHT but not E2 speeds induction of sexual receptivity in the musk shrew
Ewton, T. A., Siboni, R. B., Jackson, A., & Freeman, L. M. (2009) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.12.015 · Cited by 2
“Such calls by males are a typical courtship behavior in a variety of rodents and, like have been shown to be both organized and activated by T or one of its metabolites [21–23].”
BackgroundPeters, S. E. (2017) · doi:10.7282/t35142bt · Cited by 1
“Females have a larger volume and a greater number of neurons in the LC, and estradiol increases growth and survival of LC cells, whereas testosterone decreases LC cell growth (Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
BackgroundComparative neuroimaging of sex differences in human and mouse brain anatomy
Guma, E., Beauchamp, A., Liu, S., Levitis, E., Ellegood, J., Pham, L., Mars, R. B., Raznahan, A., & Lerch, J. P. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.92200 · Cited by 36
“…the mouse brain via activation of the estrogen E2 receptor by aromatized testosterone, whereas the masculinizing effects of gonadal steroids on the primate brain are more dependent on direct activation of the androgen receptor by testosterone ( Schwarz and McCarthy, 2008 ; Zuloaga et al., 2008 ).”
BackgroundSchneider, M. A., Malhotra, D., Spritzer, P. M., Hatchard, T., Minuzzi, L., Frey, B. N., Haefner, S. A., Nicholson, A. A., McKinnon, M. C., Syan, S. K., et al. (2022) · Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1159/000527130 · Cited by 2
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“These rats embryologically develop testes and secrete testosterone prenatally; however, because they express dysfunctional AR protein, these rats develop a wholly feminine exterior phenotype, including a clitoris and defective vagina, rather than a penis and prostate [10, 11, 13].”
BackgroundPrenatal Testosterone Exposure Influences Neuronal Sensitivity to Pheromones in Female Mice
Thompson, R. N., Napier, A., & Wekesa, K. (2015) · Biochemistry & Physiology Open Access · doi:10.4172/2168-9652.1000170 · Cited by 1
“However, the mechanism of action is not yet known [23,24].”
BackgroundTestostérone et contrôle central de l’érection
Raskin, K., & Mhaouty‐Kodja, S. (2011) · Basic and Clinical Andrology · doi:10.1007/s12610-011-0135-2 · Cited by 3
Starkey, J. M., White, K. J., Sapkota, R., Richards, C. J., Barber, S., & Pradhan, D. S. (2026) · Integrative Organismal Biology · doi:10.1093/iob/obag035
“…expression directly affects the extent to which T can alter the behavior of an organism including muscle tissue that support reproductive functions (Zuloaga et al. 2008 ), such as copulation in rodents (Bodo and Riss-man 2008 ), elaborate courtship displays involving wing snapping in…”
Animal Models for the Study of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior
Fernández-Guasti, A., Reyes, R., Quintanar, B. G., & Aburto-Garcia, E. (2026) · Current Sexual Health Reports · doi:10.1007/s11930-026-00423-1
“The role of AR in the regulation of sexual behavior and preference has revealed that animals with mutations of the AR gene show reduced masculine sexual behavior [146], preferences for males, and feminine patterns of neural activity in response to same-sex odors [54, 147].”
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“…most commonly studied model, the sexual differentiation of the brain involves local aromatization of testosterone into estradiol, which is the main inducer of brain masculinization using downstream signaling mainly via the Estrogen Receptor alpha (ERalpha) (McCarthy, 2008; Zuloaga et al., 2008).”
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“Zuloaga and colleagues present a convincing argument in their paper in this issue (Zuloaga et al., 2008) that ARs do indeed play a role in the masculinzation of the brain and/or behavior.”
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“is required for some masculinising effects of brain structures and behaviour (Sato et al., 2004; Zuloaga et al., 2008) indicating that both androgen and estrogen systems play important roles in vertebrate brain development.”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Zuloaga, D. G., Puts, D. A., Jordan, C. L., & Breedlove, S. M.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zuloaga, Damian G.
- Venue
- Hormones and Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-05
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 613-626
- ISSN
- 0018-506X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2706155
- OpenAlex
- W1990168204
- Cited by
- 236
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 6.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Hormones and Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health (F31MH078273, F31 MH78273)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS028421, R01-NS28421, R01NS045195)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Keywords
- androgen receptor, aromatase, estrogen receptor, sex differences in brain, sexual behavior, stress response, cognitive processes, androgen insensitivity syndrome, brain development
- MeSH terms
- Aggression, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Female, Feminization, Humans, Male, Mutation, Receptors, Androgen, Sex Differentiation, Social Behavior
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