Sex differences in pregnenolone sulphate in the chick brain after training

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 537-540

  Migues, Paola V ^a   Johnston, Amy N B ^a   Rose, Steven P R ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage; Intermediate medial mesopallium; Medial striatum; Neurosteroids; Passive avoidance learning

Indexed keywords

NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INTERMEDIATE MEDIAL MESOPALLIUM; LEARNING; MALE; MEDIAL STRIATUM; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHICKENS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; PREGNENOLONE; PROSENCEPHALON; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 17844364177     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200504250-00003     Document Type: Article

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