An essential component in steroid synthesis, the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, is expressed in discrete regions of the brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 10613-10620

  King, Steven R ^a   Manna, Pulak R ^b   Ishii, Tomohiro ^c   Syapin, Peter J ^b   Ginsberg, Stephen D ^d   Wilson, Kevin ^b   Walsh, Lance P ^b   Parker, Keith L ^c   Stocco, Douglas M ^b   Smith, Roy G ^a   Lamb, Dolores J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme; Neurosteroid; P450scc; StAR; Steroidogenesis; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOSTEROID; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROSTEROID; SEX HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GLIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0037115040     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-24-10613.2002     Document Type: Article

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