Seasonal changes in the synthesis of the neurosteroid 7α- hydroxypregnenolone stimulating locomotor activity in newts

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1163, Issue , 2009, Pages 410-413

  Haraguchi, Shogo ^a   Matsunaga, Masahiro ^b   Koyama, Teppei ^a   Rego, Jean Luc Do ^c   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

7 hydroxypregnenolone; Locomotor activity; Neurosteroids; Newts; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

7ALPHA HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 65449157304     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03621.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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