Neurosteroids in the mouse brain: Behavioral and pharmacological effects of a 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibitor

Steroids

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 144-149

  Young, Jacques ^a   Corpéchot, Colette ^a   Perché, Fabrice ^b   Eychenne, Bernard ^a   Haug, Marc ^b   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a   Robel, Paul ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

3 ,21 dihydroxy 5 pregnan 20 one; aggressive behavior; Dehydroepiandrosterone; pregnenolone; Trilostane

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; NEUROHORMONE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; TRILOSTANE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0342995734     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(95)00220-K     Document Type: Article

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