Finasteride treatment inhibits adult hippocampal neurogenesis in male mice

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 174-178

  Romer B ^a   Pfeiffer, N ^a   Lewicka, S ^a   Ben Abdallah, N ^a   Vogt, M A ^a   Deuschle, M ^a   Vollmayr, B ^a   Gass, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; TESTOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; STEM CELL;

3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE; 5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FINASTERIDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; STEM CELLS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77954866152     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: 14390795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249095     Document Type: Article

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