Metabolism of neuroactive steroids in day-old chick brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-359

  Sujkovic, Elizabeth ^a,b   Mileusnic, Radmila ^b   Fry, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Chicks; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Pregnenolone; Progesterone; Steroid

Indexed keywords

20BETA DIHYDROPREGNENOLONE; 3ALPHA,5BETA TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE; 5BETA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; STEROID; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID METABOLISM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TISSUE SECTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 62649175282     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05965.x     Document Type: Article

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