The immune system as a novel regulator of sex differences in brain and behavioral development

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 447-461

  Nelson, Lars H ^a   Lenz, Kathryn M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocytes; behavior; brain; development; hormone; immune response; inflammation; microglia; sex; sex differences

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; STEROID RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTROCYTE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; DIET; EARLY LIFE STRESS; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID DIET; MEDIATOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL INFECTION; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 84994378411     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23821     Document Type: Review

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