Differential regulation of steroid 5α-reductase isozymes expression by androgens in the adult rat brain

FASEB Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1428-1433

  Torres, J M ^a   Ortega, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Prefrontal cortex; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042209613     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-1119com     Document Type: Article

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