5α-reductase isozymes in the central nervous system

Steroids

Volumn 63, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 246-251

  Poletti, Angelo ^a,b   Coscarella, Anna ^a   Negri Cesi, Paola ^a   Colciago, Alessandra ^a   Celotti, Fabio ^a   Martini, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Endocrinologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Flutamide; Neurons; Rat brain; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ISOENZYME; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE;

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

EID: 0032076187     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(98)00018-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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