The study of sex differences in the brain is a topic of neuroscientific study that has broad
reaching implications for culture, society and biomedical science. Recent research in rodent …

Biological differences between men and women contribute to many sex-specific illnesses
and disorders. Historically, it was argued that such differences were largely, if not …

TRANSSEXUALS have the strong feeling, often from childhood onwards, of having been
born the wrong sex. The possible psycho-genie or biological aetiology of transsexuality has …

Women have increased vulnerability to PTSD and anxiety disorders compared to men.
Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of these disorders is critical for identifying …

Transsexuals experience themselves as being of the opposite sex, despite having the
biological characteristics of one sex. A crucial question resulting from a previous brain study …

Do biological factors, such as gonadal hormones, determine our sexual destiny after our
genes are in place? Do they make men aggressive, or women nurturing? Do they cause …

The present review focuses on the brain structure of male-to-female (MtF) and female-to-
male (FtM) homosexual transsexuals before and after cross-sex hormone treatment as …

Posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression share stress as an etiological
contributor and are more common in women than in men. Traditionally, preclinical studies …

A quantitative analysis of the volume of 4 cell groups in the preoptic-anterior hypothalamic
area (PO-AHA) and of the supraoptic nucleus (SON) of the human brain was performed in …

A wide variety of sexual dimorphisms, structural differences between the sexes, have been
described in the brains of many vertebrate species, including humans. In animal models of …