Sex differences in anxiety and depression: Role of testosterone

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-57

  McHenry, Jenna ^a   Carrier, Nicole ^b   Hull, Elaine ^a   Kabbaj, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Aromatization; Depression; Dihydrotestosterone; Estradiol; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GENOMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRIA TERMINALIS; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84892883817     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2013.09.001     Document Type: Review

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