Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA): A Misunderstood Adrenal Hormone and Spine-Tingling Neurosteroid?

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1039-1041

  Beck, Sheryl G ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; AGING; COGNITION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 1442348174     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1703     Document Type: Short Survey

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