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Table 1 Sex differences in steroid hormone receptor expression profile in the CNS

From: Neuroprotective and neurotoxic outcomes of androgens and estrogens in an oxidative stress environment

ReceptorStructureFemale: male expressionCitation
Androgen receptor—N terminal domain
 Bed nucleus stria terminalis (adult, rat)Male[28]
Cortex (PD 28 and adult, mice)No difference[29, 30]
Hippocampus (PD 28, mice)Male[29]
Hypothalamus (adult, mice)Male[30]
Lateral septum (adult, mice)Male[31]
Mammillary nucleus (adult, human)Male[32]
Medial preoptic area (adult, mice)Male[31]
Periventricular nucleus (adult, rat)Male[28]
Spinal motor neurons (adult, rat)No difference[33]
Substantia nigra pars Compacta (PD 30, rat)No difference[34]
Substantia nigra pars reticulata (PD 30, rat)Female[34]
Estrogen receptor α
 Cortex (PD 28, mice)Male[29]
Hippocampus (PD 28, mice)No difference[29]
Hypothalamus (adult, mice)Female[35]
Substantia nigra pars compacta (PD 30, rat)No difference[34]
Substantia nigra pars reticulata (PD 30, rat)Female[34]
Estrogen receptor β
 Cortex (PD 28, mice)Female[29]
Hippocampus (PD 28, mice)Female[29]
Substantia nigra pars compacta (PD 30, rat)Female[34]
Substantia nigra pars reticulata (PD 30, rat)No difference[34]