Immunohistochemical localization and biological activity of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and 5α-reductase in the brain of the frog, Rana esculenta, during development

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-50

  Bruzzone, Federica ^a,b,c   Rego, Jean Luc Do ^b,c,d   Luu The, Van ^e   Pelletier, Georges ^e   Vallarino, Mauro ^a   Vaudry, Hubert ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Europ Inst Peptide Res IFRMP 23   (France)

^d International Associated Laboratory Samuel de Champlain   (France)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 HSD; 5 R; Brain; Frog; Immunohistochemistry; Ontogeny; Pulse chase

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTISERUM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FROG; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TADPOLE;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; RANA ESCULENTA; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 71549171685     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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