Sex and gender in psychoneuroimmunology research: Past, present and future

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-604

  Darnall, Beth D ^a   Suarez, Edward C ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Genes; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Immune; Sex differences; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL GENETICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; MORPHOMETRICS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 68649083232     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2009.02.019     Document Type: Review

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