The brain as a target for steroid hormone action.

Animals Autoradiography Brain/drug effects,metabolism Estradiol/pharmacology Estrus Female Gonadotropins, Pituitary/metabolism Hormones/metabolism,pharmacology Hypothalamus, Anterior/physiology Hypothalamus, Middle/physiology Male Pituitary Gland/drug effects,metabolism Pregnancy Progesterone/pharmacology Rats Receptors, Androgen/metabolism Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism Receptors, Steroid/analysis Sexual Behavior, Animal Steroids/metabolism,pharmacology Uterus/drug effects

Gonadotropins, Pituitary Hormones Receptors, Androgen Receptors, Estrogen Receptors, Steroid Steroids Progesterone Estradiol