Postpubertal sex differentiation of forebrain structures and functions depend on transforming growth factor-α

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3870-3880

  Koshibu, Kyoko ^a,d   Ahrens, Eric T ^b   Levitt, Pat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Puberty; Sex; Stress

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEAR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECESSIVE GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; PROSENCEPHALON; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRESS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 17644405844     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0175-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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