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Pathway of steroid synthesis in the rat hippocampus. The hippocampus synthesizes estrogen (pink), androgen (blue), and corticosteroids (orange). All these steroids are probably synthesized within single neurons. Note that the chain arrow from ADione to E1 indicates an extremely weak conversion in male (Hojo et al., 2009). This mode of synthesis is different from that in peripheral steroidogenic organs.
