Dehydroepiandrosterone formation is independent of cytochrome P450 17α-hydroxylase/17, 20 lyase activity in the mouse brain

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 86-90

  Liu, Ying ^a   Pocivavsek, Ana ^b   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen; CYP17; Neurosteroids; Steroidogenesis; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450C17; FERRIC ION; FERRIC SULFATE; MESSENGER RNA; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN MICROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RODENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHIMERA; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSOMES; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67349101193     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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