Sex chromosome complement regulates expression of mood-related genes

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Seney, Marianne L ^a,b   Ekong, Kokomma I ^a   Ding, Ying ^a,c   Tseng, George C ^b,c   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; Dopamine; Four Core Genotypes mice; GABA; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892933302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2042-6410-4-20     Document Type: Article

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