3β-HSD activates DHEA in the songbird brain

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 611-620

  Schlinger, Barney A ^a   Pradhan, Devaleena S ^b   Soma, Kiran K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Adrenal; Aggression; Aromatase; Brain; DHEA; Estrogen; Neurosteroid; Season; Song; Sparrow; Stress; Testosterone; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; STRESS; ANIMAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MUS; PASSERI; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELLS, CULTURED; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 38349158046     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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