Sex differences in mouse cortical thickness are independent of the complement of sex chromosomes

Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Markham, J A ^a   Jurgens, H A ^a   Auger, C J ^b   De Vries, G J ^b   Arnold, A P ^c   Juraska, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Gonadal hormones; Sexual differentiation; Sry

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MASCULINITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENES, SRY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICE; MUTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 0037439156     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00554-7     Document Type: Article

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