7α-Hydroxypregnenolone, a new key regulator of amphibian locomotion: Discovery, progress and prospect

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 440-447

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Haraguchi, Shogo ^a   Matsunaga, Masahiro ^a   Koyama, Teppei ^a   Do Rego, Jean Luc ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

7 Hydroxypregnenolone; Diurnal and seasonal changes; Dopamine; Locomotor activity; Melatonin; Neurosteroids; Newts; Prolactin; Stress

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; MELATONIN; SEX HORMONE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EYE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS;

EID: 84859902984     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.020     Document Type: Review

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