Sex, glia, and development: Interactions in health and disease

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-253

  Schwarz, Jaclyn M ^a   Bilbo, Staci D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Astrocytes; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Mental health; Microglia; Sex

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROGLIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84866747856     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.018     Document Type: Review

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