Sex, stress and the brain: Interactive actions of hormones on the developing and adult brain

Climacteric

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-25

  Mcewen, B S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Estrogens; Neurochemical Processes; Sex; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; HORMONE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; SYNAPSE; ADULT; AGE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911397647     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2014.949662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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