Progesterone as a neurosteroid: Synthesis and actions in rat glial cells

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-6, 1999, Pages 97-107

  Jung Testas, I ^a   Do Thi, A ^a   Koenig, H ^b   Desarnaud F ^a   Shazand, K ^a   Schumacher, M ^a   Baulieu, E E ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLIA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0032977051     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(98)00149-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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