Androgen-activating enzymes in the central nervous system

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-6, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Poletti, Angelo ^a   Martini, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Flutamide; GT1 cells; LHRH; Neurons; Rat brain; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FINASTERIDE; FLUTAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; MINERALOCORTICOID; MYELIN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; SURAMIN; TESTOSTERONE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; NEURONS; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0344731431     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(98)00150-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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