Sex differences in major depression and comorbidity of cardiometabolic disorders: impact of prenatal stress and immune exposures

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 59-70

  Goldstein, Jill M ^a,b   Hale, Taben ^c   Foster, Simmie L ^a   Tobet, Stuart A ^d,e   Handa, Robert J ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; CELL FUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85050291689     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41386-018-0146-1     Document Type: Review

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