Aldosterone biosynthesis in the rat brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3369-3373

  Gomez Sanchez, Celso E ^a,b,d   Zhou, Ming Yi ^b   Cozza, Eduardo N ^c   Morita, Hiroyuki ^b   Foecking, Mark F ^a   Gomez Sanchez, Elise P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18 HYDROXYDEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; SYNTHETASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 8544279579     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.8.5326     Document Type: Article

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