Using sex differences in the developing brain to identify nodes of influence for seizure susceptibility and epileptogenesis

Sexual differentiation of the developing brain organizes the neural architecture differently between males and females, and the main influence on this process is exposure to gonadal steroids during sensitive periods of prenatal and early postnatal development. Many molecular and cellular processes a...

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Main Authors: Katherine E. Kight, Margaret M. McCarthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996114001454