Understanding the broad influence of sex hormones and sex differences in the brain

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 24-39

  McEwen, Bruce S ^a   Milner, Teresa A ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; cerebellum; estrogens; hippocampus; prefrontal cortex; stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CALCIUM; ESTRADIOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOOD; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84994314539     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23809     Document Type: Review

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