Developmental expression of genes involved in neurosteroidogenesis: 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5-Δ4 isomerase in the rat brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2902-2911

  Ibanez, Chrystelle ^a   Guennoun, Rachida ^a   Liere, Philippe ^a   Eychenne, Bernard ^a   Pianos, Antoine ^a   El Etr, Martine ^a   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a   Schumacher, Michael ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID ISOMERASES;

EID: 0037998929     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-0073     Document Type: Article

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