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RAPID responding to testosterone by the adult depends upon exposure to that steroid during late prenatal anJ,or early postnatal life [4, 8, 191. For example. gonadcctomized male mice will exhibit aggressive hrha~lor slgnificantly sooner following the commrncemcn~ ,)f tcstosterone treatment in adulthood as compared !o pc’nad~~tomized females [ 19,201. In addition, either thi pre or postnatal administration of testosterone CT) to females results in a significantly augmented response to the aggression-promoting property of T [-I. 8. 191. Thrsr data suggest that the presence of andropen during rjrly development sensitizes the organiw such that the subsequent behavioral response to 1. is fa
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behavior
of intact
Testosterone
mtles. Corticosteron~ --_
._ ._ _
RAPID responding to testosterone by the adult depends upon exposure to that steroid during late prenatal anJ,or early postnatal life [4, 8, 191. For example. gonadcctomized male mice will exhibit aggressive hrha~lor slgnificantly sooner following the commrncemcn~ ,)f tcstosterone treatment in adulthood as compared !o pc’nad~~tomized females [ 19,201. In addition, either thi pre or postnatal administration of testosterone CT) to females results in a significantly augmented response to the aggression-promoting property of T [-I. 8. 191. Thrsr data suggest that the presence of andropen during rjrly development sensitizes the organiw such that the subsequent behavioral response to 1. is fa
