title: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a neuroactive neurosteroid.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 33, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robel
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Baulieu
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000502:physiology*; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011284:Pregnenolone / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000378:metabolism; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000378:metabolism; D013429:Sulfatases / Q000378:metabolism; D015238:Sulfotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone; D019314:Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; D011284:Pregnenolone; D002784:Cholesterol; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D000217:Acyltransferases; D015238:Sulfotransferases; D013429:Sulfatases