Sex differences and stress across the lifespan

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1413-1420

  Bale, Tracy L ^a,b,c   Epperson, C Neill ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; ANIMAL; LONGEVITY; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84942430307     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4112     Document Type: Review

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