Steroid metabolising enzymes in the determination of brain gender

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-6, 1999, Pages 85-96

  Hutchison, J B ^a   Wozniak, A ^a   Beyer, C ^b   Karolczak, M ^b   Hutchison, R E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANASTROZOLE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIBODY; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5BETA REDUCTASE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BRAIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033051732     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(99)00057-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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