Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression in the central nervous system

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  King, Steven R ^a   Stocco, Douglas M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cholesterol; Neurosteroid; P450scc; STAR; STARD1; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874350943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00072     Document Type: Review

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