• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Brain aromatase, estrogens, and behavior
  • Contributor: Balthazart, J. [MitwirkendeR]; Ball, Gregory F. [MitwirkendeR]
  • imprint: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013
  • Extent: 1 online resource
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199841196.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780199979837
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  • Keywords: Estrogen ; Estrogen Physiological effect ; Aromatase ; Neuroendocrinology
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  • Footnote: Includes index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 31, 2012)
  • Description: This book collects chapters by experts in the field that considers, how estradiol is synthesized in the brain and what its effects are on a variety of behaviors. Special attention is paid to the enzyme aromatase that is distributed in discrete regions of the brain and is highly regulated in a sex specific and seasonal specific manner.