Immunohistochemical localization of cytochrome p450 enzymes in the rat brain, considering the steroid-synthesis in the neurons

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 609-616

  Yamada, Hisao ^a,e   Kominami, Shiro ^b   Takemori, Shigeki ^b   Kitawaki, Jo ^c   Kataoka, Yosky ^d  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e Dept of Anatomy and Cell Biology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Cytochrome P450; Immunohistochemistry; Neurosteroid; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031420260     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.30.609     Document Type: Article

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