Effects of sex steroids on the development of the accessory olfactory bulb mitral cells in the rat.
The effects of postnatal (on day 1 after birth) male castration and female androgenization on accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) mitral cells population were studied. Control males showed a greater number of AOB mitral cells than females. Postnatal treatments abolished and inverted these differences. It is suggested that the population of AOB mitral cells is influenced by sex steroids during at least a postnatal period.
D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000187:drug effects; D009919:Orchiectomy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013739:Testosterone / Q000494:pharmacology*
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