Estradiol masculinizes the number of accessory olfactory bulb mitral cells in the rat.
Orchidectomized males injected with a single dose of estradiol benzoate on the day of birth (D1) showed mitral cell numbers in the accessory olfactory bulb similar to those of control males. However, orchidectomized males that received no additional estradiol benzoate treatment and those orchidectomized and given a single dose of dihydrotestosterone on D1 showed decreases in the number of accessory olfactory bulb mitral cells compared with control males. These results support the notion that the presence of estradiol immediately after birth induces the masculinization of mitral cells number in the accessory olfactory bulb.
Pérez-Laso
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Departamento de Psicobiología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain.
Segovia
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S
Collado
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P
Rodríguez-Zafra
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M
Del Abril
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A
Guillamón
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A
D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012733:Sex Differentiation
D004958:Estradiol