Niemann pick type C disease as a model for defects in neurosteroidogenesis.

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Many functions have been attributed to neurosteroids including actions as anxiolytics, roles in myelination, inhibitors of neuronal toxicity and ischemia, and roles in neuronal growth and differentiation. To understand the functions of neurosteroids during nervous system development, we used two mouse models: one, in which the cyp17 gene was ablated, thus ablating synthesis of the neurosteroid DHEA, and a second,...

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