What does the "four core genotypes" mouse model tell us about sex differences in the brain and other tissues?

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Arnold, Arthur P ^a   Chen, Xuqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Autoimmune disease; Neural tube closure; Nociception; Sex chromosome; Sex differences; Sexual differentiation; X chromosome; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PARENTING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 58049173922     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2008.11.001     Document Type: Review

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