Dehydroepiandrosterone: Biosynthesis and metabolism in the brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 880-887

  Zwain, Ismail H ^a   Yen, Samuel S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0032910967     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.2.6528     Document Type: Article

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