Sex differences in the brain - An interplay of sex steroid hormones and sex chromosomes

Clinical Science

Volumn 130, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1481-1497

  Grgurevic, Neza ^a   Majdic, Gregor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Brain; Limbic system; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; DISEASES; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GONAD; HEALTH; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 85014332412     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: 14708736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20160299     Document Type: Article

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