Cooperation of sex chromosomal genes and endocrine influences for hypothalamic sexual differentiation

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-145

  Majdic, Gregor ^a,b   Tobet, Stuart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Gonadal steroids; Hypothalamus; Mouse; Neurogenesis; Neuron migration; Sexual behavior; Sexual differentiation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LORDOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SF 1 GENE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

EID: 79955476772     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2011.02.009     Document Type: Review

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