Progesterone, 5 α-pregnane-3,20-dione and 3 α-hydroxy-5 α-pregnane- 20-one in specific regions of the human female brain in different endocrine states

Brain Research

Volumn 764, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 173-178

  Bixo, Marie ^a   Andersson, Agneta ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^b   Purdy, Robert H ^c   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxy 5 pregnane 20 one; 5 Pregnane 3,20 dione; Human brain; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3ALPHA,20ALPHA DIOL; PROGESTERONE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; PREGNANEDIONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BRAIN LEVEL; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

5-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANEDIONES; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0030612193     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00455-1     Document Type: Article

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