The role of genetic sex in affect regulation and expression of GABA-related genes across species

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Seney, Marianne L ^a,b   Chang, Lun Ching ^c   Oh, Hyunjung ^a,b   Wang, Xingbin ^b   Tseng, George C ^a,b,c   Lewis, David A ^a,b   Sibille, Etienne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; GABA; Genetic sex; Mood; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAD65 GENE; GAD67 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84885352154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00104     Document Type: Article

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