Framework for sex differences in adolescent neurobiology: A focus on cannabinoids

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1740-1751

  Viveros, Maria Paz ^a   Marco, Eva M ^a   López Gallardo, Meritxell ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis Miguel ^b   Wagner, Edward J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Gonadal steroids; Organizational and activational effects; Periadolescent period; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; ENDOCANNABINOID; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NICOTINE; STEROID HORMONE; STRESS HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOSIS; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CANNABINOIDS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79960038354     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.09.005     Document Type: Review

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