Brain androgen and progesterone metabolizing enzymes: Biosynthesis, distribution and function

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 25-37

  Lephart, Edwin D ^a   Lund, Trent D ^a   Horvath, Tamas L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; Aromatase cytochrome P450; Brain; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; BRAIN ENZYME; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450ARO; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BRAIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0035660086     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(01)00111-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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