title: 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the brain ependymocytes.
abstract: We studied activity of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in rat brain ependymocytes. Enzyme activity was found in the cytoplasm of cells lining the villi in the vascular plexuses in the lateral ventricles and cells lining the ventricles. These data suggest that ependymocyte can synthesize neurosteroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology, Far Eastern State Medical University, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Khabarovsk, Russia.
authors.forename: B Ya
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ryzhavskii
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Zadvornaya
mesh_terms: D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004805:Ependyma / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D063928:Ependymoglial Cells / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases