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Prepubescent hormonal control of the development of accessory olfactory bulbs in the male rat
1Institute of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Strasbourg, France.
Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
The effects of androgen treatment (TP) from postnatal day 20 (P20) onwards on the accessory olfactory bulbs' (AOB) development were studied in rats orchidectomized at birth (PO) or on P20. TP failed to restore impaired AOB development in the rats castrated at PO but completely restored AOB development in those castrated at P20. Androgen secretion during both the perinatal and prepubescent periods appeared to be critical for male AOB development.