The term “neurodegenerative diseases”(NDs) identifies a group of heterogeneous diseases
characterized by progressive loss of selectively vulnerable populations of neurons, which …

Males and females sometimes significantly differ in their propensity to develop neurological
disorders. Females suffer more from mood disorders such as depression and anxiety …

Growing evidence supports significant involvement of immune dysfunction in the etiology of
neurodegenerative diseases, several of which also display prominent sex differences across …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after
Alzheimer's disease. Inflammation has been observed in both the idiopathic and familial …

Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by wide heterogeneity in cognitive and behavioural
syndromes, risk factors and pathophysiological mechanisms. Addressing this phenotypic …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder that presents with
cognitive impairment and behavioral disturbance. Approximately 5.5 million people in the …

AD is a neurodegenerative disease, and its frequency is often reported to be higher for
women than men: almost two-thirds of patients with AD are women. One prevailing view is …

Abstract Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), including Alzheimer's disease (AD),
Parkinson's disease (PD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), exhibit high phenotypic …

This review aims to give an overview of what has been discovered so far and what still
needs to be analyzed about how sex and gender affect the disease development. These two …

Increased knowledge about sex differences is important for development of individualized
treatments against many diseases as well as understanding behavioral and pathological …