Fetal hormonal programming of sex differences in depression: linking women's mental health with sex differences in the brain across the lifespan

Affiliations

¹ Division of Women's Health, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA, USA ; Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA ; Division of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, USA.
² Division of Women's Health, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA, USA ; Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences and School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA.

Jill M Goldstein et al. Front Neurosci. 2014.

. 2014 Sep 8:8:247.

doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00247. eCollection 2014.

¹ Division of Women's Health, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA, USA ; Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA ; Division of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, USA.
² Division of Women's Health, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA, USA ; Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences and School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA.

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Keywords: fetal programming; major depression; mood; sex differences; stress; women's health.

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