Open Peer Commentary Fitch & Denenberg: Sexual differentiation of the brain
Indirect influences of gonadal hormones on sexual differentiation
Lesley J. Rogers a1 a1 Department of Physiology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
lrogers@metz.une.edu.au
Abstract
Indirect routes by which gonadal hormones influence sexual
differentiation are considered. In rats, differentiation may depend on
the way in which the mother responds to the hormonal condition of her
pups, and this has implications for the interpretation of the data for
humans. Interaction between gonadal hormones and light experience in
chicks is compared with the mammalian systems covered in Fitch &
Denenberg's review.
