Sleep, rhythms, and the endocrine brain: Influence of sex and gonadal hormones

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 45, 2011, Pages 16107-16116

  Mong, Jessica A ^a   Baker, Fiona C ^b,c   Mahoney, Megan M ^d   Paul, Ketema N ^e   Schwartz, Michael D ^a,b   Semba, Kazue ^f   Silver, Rae ^g,h  

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

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REM SLEEP; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP;

EID: 80755168076     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4175-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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