A comparative, developmental, and clinical perspective of neurobehavioral sexual dimorphisms

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Viveros, Maria Paz ^a   Mendrek, Adriana ^b   Paus, Tomás ^c,d   López Rodríguez, Ana Belén ^a   Marco, Eva Maria ^a   Yehuda, Rachel ^e,f   Cohen, Hagit ^f   Lehrner, Amy ^g   Wagner, Edward J ^h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescence; Animal models; Bipolar disorders; Depression; Posttraumatic disorders; Schizophrenia; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84862674653     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00084     Document Type: Review

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