Activity and expression of steroidogenic enzymes in the brain of adult zebrafish

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-56

  Diotel, Nicolas ^a   Do Rego, Jean Luc ^b   Anglade, Isabelle ^a   Vaillant, Colette ^a   Pellegrini, Elisabeth ^a   Gueguen, Marie Madeleine ^a   Mironov, Svetlana ^a   Vaudry, Hubert ^b   Kah, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

3 Hsd; Cyp11a1 (P450 SCC); Cyp17 aromatase; Neurosteroid; Radial glial cells

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; MESSENGER RNA; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN CYP19A1B; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; GENE LOCATION; GLIA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNENOLONE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 79960014538     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07731.x     Document Type: Article

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