Effects of testosterone and progesterone on brain 5α-reductase and aromatase in Long-Evans males and comparison of aromatase in Long-Evans vs. Sprague-Dawley rats

Brain Research

Volumn 789, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-330

  Lephart, Edwin D ^a   Butler, Paul C ^a   Mills, Richard H ^a   Jacobson, Nathan A ^a   Ladle, David R ^a   Bloch, George J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; Aromatase; Hypothalamus; Progesterone; Rats; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 18344412845     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01553-9     Document Type: Article

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