Activation of brain steroidogenesis and neurogenesis during the gonadal differentiation in protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegelii

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-136

  Lin, Chien Ju ^a   Fan Chiang, Yi Chun ^a   Dufour, Sylvie ^b   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain development; Estradiol; Neurogenenesis; Neurosteroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLINE; CYTOCHROME P450 19A1B; ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN BLBP; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTROGEN;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN HISTOLOGY; CASTRATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST; TESTIS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; PERCIFORMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

EID: 84953636595     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22303     Document Type: Article

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