A system has been developed which allows the stimulation in vitro of prostatic RNA polymerase by prostatic 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone-protein receptor complexes prepared from the tissues of castrated rats. The reconstitution in vitro of such a system necessitates the purification of several subcellular components. Two 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone-receptor complexes are located in the prostatic so...

Specific sex steroid hormone binding sites have been identified in a discrete nuclear subfraction that is chromatin-depleted and salt-insoluble. This structure, referred to as the nuclear matrix, contains a residual pore complex-lamina, remnants of an internal network, and a residual nucleolus. The nuclear matrix of an estrogen-responsive tissue (chicken liver) and of an androgen target tissue ...

     CA1 region of hippocampus has an important role in learning and memory. Previous reports have shown that androgens like testosterone and its metabolites are present in high concentration in CA1 region of hippocampus. Androgen receptors have also high density in this region. Therefore, it is suggested that neurohormones in CA1 have an important role in learning and memory. It is likely that...