Etiologies underlying sex differences in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 255-271

  Schaafsma, Sara M ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Gene environment interaction; Genomic imprinting; Increased male incidence; Maternal immune activation; Prenatal stress; Sex chromosome; Sex differences; Testosterone; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AUTISM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MATERNAL AGE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRY GENE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84903773296     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.03.006     Document Type: Review

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