A putative 5α-reductase inhibitor demasculinizes portions of the zebra finch song system

Brain Research

Volumn 750, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 122-128

  Grisham, William ^a   Tam, Amy ^a   Greco, Christina M ^a   Schlinger, Barney A ^a   Arnold, Arthur P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 reductase; aromatase; aza steroid; birdsong; dihydrotestosterone; Robustus archistriatalis

Indexed keywords

4 AZA 17BETA BENZOYL 5ALPHA ANDROST 1 ENE 3 ONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MK 434; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BIRDS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; MALE; NEURONS; PROSTATE; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELENCEPHALON; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031042889     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01336-4     Document Type: Article

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