3β-HSD in songbird brain: Subcellular localization and rapid regulation by estradiol

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 667-675

  Pradhan, Devaleena S ^a,b   Lau, Loretta Y M ^a   Schmidt, Kim L ^a,c   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DHEA; Differential centrifugation; Estrogen; Neurosteroid; Non genomic; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ESTRADIOL; STEROID 5BETA REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROSOME; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FINCH; HORMONE ACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTOSOME;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MICROSOMES; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPTOSOMES;

PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 78650840176     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06954.x     Document Type: Article

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