Identification of sexually dimorphic genes in the neonatal mouse cortex and hippocampus

Brain Research

Volumn 1562, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-38

  Armoskus, Chris ^a   Moreira, Debbie ^a   Bollinger, Kayla ^a   Jimenez, Oliva ^a   Taniguchi, Saori ^a   Tsai, Houng Wei ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Gene expression microarray; Hippocampus; Sex chromosome; Sex difference; Sex biased gene

Indexed keywords

ACAA2 GENE; AGFG1 GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTXR1 GENE; ARTICLE; BCL11A GENE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; CBLB GENE; CD151 GENE; CD1D1 GENE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAB2 GENE; DDX3Y GENE; DHCR24 GENE; EBP GENE; EIF2S3X GENE; EIF2S3Y GENE; ERDR1 GENE; FEMALE; FER GENE; FTSJ1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GGCT GENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KDM5D GENE; KDM6A GENE; KLK8 GENE; LPHN1 GENE; MALE; MEA1 GENE; MEG3 GENE; MID1 GENE; MOUSE; NANOS2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PPARGC1B GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKDC GENE; PSMD10 GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOX12 GENE; TPGS1 GENE; X CHROMOSOME; XIST GENE; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, X-LINKED; GENES, Y-LINKED; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84899451181     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.03.017     Document Type: Article

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