Neurosteroid biosynthesis in the quail brain: A review

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 733-742

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Matsunaga, Masahiro ^a   Miyabara, Hitomi ^a   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; QUAIL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; QUAIL; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748504566     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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