Sex differences in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders: Focus on microglial function and neuroinflammation during development

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 160, Issue , 2016, Pages 127-133

  Hanamsagar, Richa ^a   Bilbo, Staci D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microglia; Neurodegeneration; Neurodevelopment; Neuroinflammation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84948568111     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2015.09.039     Document Type: Review

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