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.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Brain / immunology*
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Brain / physiology*
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Brain / physiopathology
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Female
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Humans
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Immune System / physiology*
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Immune System / physiopathology
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Male
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Mental Disorders / immunology
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Mental Disorders / physiopathology
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Neuroimmunomodulation / physiology
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Neurosecretory Systems / physiology*
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Neurosecretory Systems / physiopathology
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Pregnancy
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Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
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Sex Characteristics*
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Spinal Cord / immunology*
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Spinal Cord / physiology*
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Spinal Cord / physiopathology
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Stress, Psychological / immunology
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Stress, Psychological / physiopathology