Sexual differentiation and development of forebrain reproductive circuits

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-431

  Semaan, Sheila J ^a   Kauffman, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN BAX; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDS;

EID: 77954161473     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.04.004     Document Type: Review

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