Sex differences in sleep: Impact of biological sex and sex steroids

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1688, 2016, Pages

  Mong, Jessica A ^a   Cusmano, Danielle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oestrogens; Progesterone; Sleep; Sleep circuits; Testosterone; Ventrolateral preoptic area

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP;

EID: 84956703798     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0110     Document Type: Review

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