Organization and activation of behavior
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Balthazart, Jacques ;Schumacher, Michael
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Article
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1984
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In quail, the hypothalamus enzymatically transforms testosterone (T) into estradiol (E2), 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (5 alpha-DHT), and 5 beta-dihydrotestosterone (5 beta-DHT). During the embryonic life, the 5 beta-reductase activity is very high, which probably protects the brain of males from bei