3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase and aromatase activity in primary cultures of developing zebra finch telencephalon: Dehydroepiandrosterone as substrate for synthesis of androstenedione and estrogens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 342-350

  Vanson, Ana ^a   Arnold, Arthur P ^a   Schlinger, Barney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ISOMERASE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0029888960     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0077     Document Type: Article

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