Endocrine Abstracts

In mammals, the gonads and the brain develop from bipotential organs that will differentiate into female or male organs, during a critical period of development. This process begins with the production of testosterone by the testes, which will be converted into estradiol in the brain, by the aromatase. While the end is defined by the moment when the inhibition of androgens (in males), or treatment with estrogens (in females), stops having an effect on brain dimorphism. But in ...