Steroidogenesis in the brain of Sepia officinalis and Octopus vulgaris

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 2 E, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 673-683

  Di Cristo, Carlo ^a   Di Donato, Paola ^b   Palumbo, Anna ^c   D'Ischia, Marco ^d   Paolucci, Marina ^a   Di Cosmo, Anna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Binding assay; Brain plasticity; Cephalopods; Enzymatic histochemistry; Neurosteroids

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CUTTLEFISH; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MALE; METABOLISM; OCTOPUS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MALE; OCTOPODIFORMES; PROGESTERONE; SEPIA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77954484989     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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