Sex difference in cell proliferation in developing rat amygdala mediated by endocannabinoids has implications for social behavior

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 20535-20540

  Krebs Kraft, Desiree L ^a   Hill, Matthew N ^b   Hillard, Cecilia J ^c   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a,d  

^a Obesity Research Program   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Neurogenesis; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

RATTUS;

EID: 78650553198     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005003107     Document Type: Article

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