Feminine Behavior in Neonatally Castrated and Estrogen-Treated Male Rats
- 15 January 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 147 (3655) , 306-307
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.147.3655.306
Abstract
Male rats castrated within 4 days after birth are behaviorally feminized. On the other hand, intact or castrated males given estrogen neonatally show little estrous behavior in adulthood. Thus, feminization is induced by lack of neonatal androgen rather than by the presence of estrogen. Estrogen administered to newborn rats suppresses feminization.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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