Novel brain function: Biosynthesis and actions of neurosteroids in neurons

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 261-273

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^a   Usui, Mariko ^a   Sakamoto, Hirotaka ^a   Takase, Minoru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 5 4 isomerase; Cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage enzyme; Hippocampal neurons; Neuronal circuit; Neurosteroids; Neurotransmission; Pregnenolone; Pregnenolone sulfate; Progesterone; Purkinje neurons

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAMMAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; QUAIL; RAT; REVIEW; SEASON; STEROIDOGENESIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONS; STEROIDS;

EID: 0034029877     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(99)00132-7     Document Type: Review

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