Anatomical and biochemical evidence for the synthesis of unconjugated and sulfated neurosteroids in amphibians

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 13-24

  Mensah Nyagan, Ayikoe G ^a,c   Beaujean, Delphine ^a   Luu The, Van ^b   Pelletier, Georges ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

17 Hydroxysteriod dehydrogenase; 3 Hydroxysteriod dehydrogenase; Amphibian; Hydroxysteriod sulfotransferase; Immunocytochemistry; Neurosteriod

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; HYDROXYSTEROID SULFOTRANSFERASE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; SULFATE; SULFUR 35; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; TRITIUM;

AMPHIBIA; ANATOMY; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUGATION; EXPLANT; FROG; GLIA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; STEROIDS; SULFOTRANSFERASES; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 0035663971     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(01)00110-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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