Identification of type 1 5α-reductase in myelin membranes of male and female rat brain

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-190

  Poletti, Angelo ^a   Celotti, Fabio ^a   Rumio, Cristiano ^b   Rabuffetti, Monica ^a   Martini, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Anatomia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Myelin; Neurosteroids; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; FEMALE; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0030927911     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)04056-2     Document Type: Article

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