Biosynthesis of neuroandrogens in the frog brain

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 839, Issue , 1998, Pages 400-402

  Mensah Nyagan, Guy A ^a   Do Rego, Jean Luc ^a   Beaujean, Delphine ^a   Feuilloley, Marc ^a   Marcual, Albert ^a   Lange, Catherine ^a   Pelletier, Georges ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; NEUROHORMONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FROG; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0032524842     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10812.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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