Neurosteroids and the songbird model system

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 743-748

  Schlinger, Barney A ^a   London, Sarah E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

PASSERI;

EID: 33748502966     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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