Widespread sex differences in gene expression and splicing in the adult human brain

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Trabzuni, Daniah ^a,b   Ramasamy, Adaikalavan ^c   Imran, Sabaena ^a   Walker, Robert ^d   Smith, Colin ^d   Weale, Michael E ^c   Hardy, John ^a   Ryten, Mina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

BRAIN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOME; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SPLICING; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA SPLICING; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84888367236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3771     Document Type: Article

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