Sex, the underestimated potential determining factor in brain tissue repair strategy

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2031-2035

  Lecanu, Laurent ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

AGING; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRY GENE; TISSUE REPAIR;

AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 82455188255     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: 15578534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2011.0188     Document Type: Review

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