Sex differences in the inflammatory response of primary astrocytes to lipopolysaccharide

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Numerous neurological and psychiatric disorders show sex differences in incidence, age of onset, symptomatology or outcome. Astrocytes, one of the glial cell types of the brain, show sex differences in number, differentiation and fun...

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Main Authors: Santos-Galindo María, Acaz-Fonseca Estefanía, Bellini María J, Garcia-Segura Luis M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:Biology of Sex Differences
Subjects:
IL6
Online Access:http://www.bsd-journal.com/content/2/1/7