Morphological adrenarche in rhesus macaques: Development of the zona reticularis is concurrent with fetal zone regression in the early neonatal period

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-378

  Nguyen, Ann D ^a   Mapes, Samantha M ^a   Corbin, C Jo ^a   Conley, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 17A1; CYTOCHROME P450 21A2; CYTOCHROME P450C17; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENARCHE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETAL ZONE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHESUS MONKEY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENARCHE; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B5; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE; ZONA RETICULARIS;

EID: 57449118081     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-08-0337     Document Type: Article

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