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. 2010 ). Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) is widely recognised to be the major regulator of post-natal growth and sexually dimorphic growth ( Baker et al. 1993 , Liu et al. 1993 , Lupu et al. 2001 ). Global deletion of IGF1 results in mice
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-stimulating hormone, somatotrophs secrete growth hormone (GH) and lactotrophs secrete prolactin (PRL). Although morphological studies suggest that all of these cell types arise from a progenitor cell type in Rathke’s pouch ( Dasen & Rosenfeld 2001 ), differentiation
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water temperature can affect the timing of puberty, the specific roles of these conditions and their possible interactions are not well established ( Fjelldal et al . 2011 ). Moreover, sexual maturation occurs at different water salinities in salmon
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glucocorticoid excess . PNAS 111 E2482 – E 2491 . ( https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1323681111 ) Murray HE Simonian SX Herbison AE Gillies GE 1999 Ontogeny and sexual differentiation of somatostatin biosynthesis and secretion in the hypothalamic
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-induced sex change of the orange-spotted grouper, a protogynous sex-changing fish ( Zhang et al . 2004 ). In mammals, it has been shown that the conversion of androgens to estrogens in the brain is essential for brain sexual differentiation toward male
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reports led to the widespread view that the testis was unaffected by iodothyronines. Additionally, clinical data correlating male sexual function with thyroid disorders are limited, probably because thyroid diseases are more common in females than in males
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, estrogens are crucial for sexual differentiation of the central nervous system ( Arnold & Gorski 1984 ). In mammals, α-fetoprotein protects the embryonic female brain from estrogenic action ( Bakker et al. 2006 ) by strongly binding circulating estrogens
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. In rats, two defined periods of proliferation and differentiation can be discerned before the final population of Leydig cells in the adult testis is established. The first wave occurs during foetal life and results in a foetal population of Leydig
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number of important physiological processes, including sexual differentiation of the genitalia, sexual maturation, and reproduction. Sex hormones also have an impact on skeletal homeostasis, because they add bone during puberty and subsequently maintain
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be influenced by either prenatal or postnatal exposure to EDCs, depending on the compound and species. During early stages of CNS development and sexual differentiation, EDC exposure can disrupt many aspects of the HPG axis, from neuroendocrine