Gonadal- and sex-chromosome-dependent sex differences in the circadian system

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1501-1512

  Kuljis, Dika A ^a   Loh, Dawn H ^a,b   Truong, Danny ^b   Vosko, Andrew M ^b   Ong, Margaret L ^b   McClusky, Rebecca ^b   Arnold, Arthur P ^b   Colwell, Christopher S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PER2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONADAL HORMONES; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIUM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX FACTORS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84875819026     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1921     Document Type: Article

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