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More evidence for the role of estrogens in female differentiation of the brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Klaus D. Döhler
Affiliation:
Haemopep Pharma GmbH, D-30625 Hannover, Germany

Abstract

Evidence accumulates that pre- and postnatally circulating estrogens play an active role in the differentiation of the female brain: the susceptible period for feminization of the brain seems to extend far beyond the period during which masculinization of the brain occurs. Thus, there is a need to reevaluate the widely accepted “concept of basic femaleness” in sexual brain differentiation.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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