Steroidogenic enzymes along the ventricular proliferative zone in the developing songbird brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-521

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Lateral ventricle; Neurogenesis; Neurosteroids; Sexual differentiation; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34248355165     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21335     Document Type: Article

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