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DHT is inactivated in muscle tissue so explain how it is more anabolic?
AlphaMD's Answer
It does get inactivated in muscle, though not immediately. Before it is inactivated, it causes anabolism through the mTORC1 pathway.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819476/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221002716
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0165689Also, DHT is the only androgen hormone that causes the change of slow twitch muscle fibers into fast twitch fibers
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