Sex differences in the human brain: a developmental perspective

T Paus - Progress in brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
At a population level, women and men differ in a wide variety of behavioral traits and in the
probabilities of developing certain mental disorders. Some of these sex differences may be …

Sex and gender affect the social brain: beyond simplicity

MA Pavlova - Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As the most fascinating, complex, and dynamic part of our organism, the human brain is
shaped by many interacting factors that not only are of neurobiological (including sex …

Minireview: sex chromosomes and brain sexual differentiation

AP Arnold, J Xu, W Grisham, X Chen, YH Kim… - …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The brains of males and females differ, not only in regions specialized for reproduction, but
also in other regions (controlling cognition, for example) where sex differences are not …

Genetics and Epigenetics of the X and Y Chromosomes in the Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

LE Cabrera Zapata, LM Garcia-Segura… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
For many decades to date, neuroendocrinologists have delved into the key contribution of
gonadal hormones to the generation of sex differences in the developing brain and the …

The trouble with sex differences

L Eliot - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
Sex differences in the brain are real and clinically important but often grossly distorted in
popular discourse. Considering the public's deep fascination with sex difference research …

Brain sex differences and hormone influences: a moving experience?

S Tobet, JG Knoll, C Hartshorn… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Sex differences in the nervous system come in many forms. Although a majority of sexually
dimorphic characteristics in the brain have been described in older animals, mechanisms …

Sex differences in stroke: challenges and opportunities

CD Bushnell, S Chaturvedi, KR Gage… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Biologic sex influences many variables that are important to brain health in general, and to
stroke or cerebral ischemia in particular, such as general health status, cerebrovascular …

Sex and gender in psychoneuroimmunology research: past, present and future

BD Darnall, EC Suarez - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2009 - Elsevier
To date, research suggests that sex and gender impact pathways central to the foci of
psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). This review provides a historical perspective on the …

Sex on the brain: Are gender‐dependent structural and functional differences associated with behavior?

A Grabowska - Journal of neuroscience research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A substantial number of studies provide evidence documenting a variety of sex differences
in the brain. It remains unclear whether sexual differentiation at the neural level is related to …

An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences

RK Rechlin, TFL Splinter, TE Hodges, AY Albert… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sex differences exist in many neurological and psychiatric diseases, but these have not
always been addressed adequately in research. In order to address this, it is necessary to …