Ontogeny of 5α-reductase (type 1) messenger ribonucleic acid expression in rat brain: Early presence in germinal zones

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2718-2730

  Lauber, M E ^a   Lichtensteiger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINAL CENTER; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REMYELINIZATION;

EID: 0029953789     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.7.8770891     Document Type: Article

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