Neurosteroidogenesis in astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and neurons of cerebral cortex of rat brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3843-3852

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0033305132     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.8.6907     Document Type: Article

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