Examining the intersection of sex and stress in modelling neuropsychiatric disorders

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-420

  Goel, N ^a   Bale, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CRF; Depression; Gonadal hormones; Prenatal stress; Schizophrenia; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; TESTOSTERONE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL HORMONES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 63549121682     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01843.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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