An emerging role for microRNAs in sexually dimorphic neurobiological systems

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 465, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 655-667

  Pak, Toni R ^a   Rao, Yathindar S ^a   Prins, Sarah A ^a   Mott, Natasha N ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Heart; MicroRNA; Review; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

AGING; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEART FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICRORNAS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84878012567     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1227-y     Document Type: Review

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