D-Aspartic acid implication in the modulation of frog brain sex steroid levels

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-76

  Santillo, Alessandra ^a   Pinelli, Claudia ^a   Burrone, Lavinia ^a   Chieffi Baccari, Gabriella ^a   Di Fiore, Maria Maddalena ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Androgen and estrogen receptors; Brain; D Asp; P450 aromatase; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID BRAIN LEVEL;

EID: 84873057674     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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