Neuroendocrine and immune influences on the CNS: it's a matter of sex.

Full Abstract

Most neuropsychiatric diseases have a sex bias in their presentation, age of onset, or treatment response. Yet surprisingly, we have considered very little the contribution of the sexually dimorphic brain when thinking about disease etiology and the important influences of the neuroendocrine and immune systems in programming the CNS.

Author information

Author/s: Bale, Tracy L (TL);

Affiliation: Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. tbale(-atsign-)vet.upenn.edu

Grants: R01 NIHMH073030 (Agency:PHS HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Neuron (Neuron), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 64 (issue 1) : pp 13-6

Dates: Created 2009/10/20; Completed 2009/11/05;

PMID: 19840541, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/5/2009, IMS Date: )

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