Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 89, pp. 6790-6793, August 1992 Neurobiology

Neurosteroids: Pregnenolone in human sciatic nerves (dehydroepiandrosterone/mass spectrometry/steroid sulfates/steroid fatty acid esters)

ROBERT MORFIN*t, JACQUES YOUNG*, COLETTE CORPtCHOT*, BORJE EGESTADt, JAN SJOVALLt, AND ETIENNE-EMILE BAULIEU*§ *Institut National de la Santd et de la Recherche MWdicale U33, Laboratoire Hormones, 94276 Bicetre Cedex, France; and tDepartment of Physiological Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Contributed by Etienne-Emile Baulieu, March 30, 1992

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Neurosteroids: pregnenolone in human sciatic nerves.

The characterization and quantification of pregnenolone in human sciatic nerves were undertaken, following previous demonstration of the synthesis of ...
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