Steroid 5α-reductase in adult rat brain after neonatal testosterone administration

IUBMB Life

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-86

  Sánchez, Pilar ^a   Torres, Jesús M ^a   Del Moral, Raimundo G ^b   De Dios Luna, Juan ^a   Ortega, Esperanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 ,5 reduced neurosteroid; 5 reductase isozymes; brain; sexual differentiation; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SESAME SEED OIL; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 84855419169     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.569     Document Type: Article

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