Estrogen: a master regulator of bioenergetic systems in the brain and body

JR Rettberg, J Yao, RD Brinton - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2014 - Elsevier
Estrogen is a fundamental regulator of the metabolic system of the female brain and body.
Within the brain, estrogen regulates glucose transport, aerobic glycolysis, and mitochondrial …

Structural brain changes in aging: courses, causes and cognitive consequences

AM Fjell, KB Walhovd - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2010 - degruyter.com
The structure of the brain is constantly changing from birth throughout the lifetime, meaning
that normal aging, free from dementia, is associated with structural brain changes. This …

Sex differences in schizophrenia

KM Abel, R Drake, JM Goldstein - International review of psychiatry, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Evidence suggests sex differences in schizophrenia reflect differences in both
neurodevelopmental processes and social effects on disease risk and course. Male: female …

A voxel-based morphometric study of ageing in 465 normal adult human brains

CD Good, IS Johnsrude, J Ashburner, RNA Henson… - Neuroimage, 2001 - Elsevier
Voxel-based-morphometry (VBM) is a whole-brain, unbiased technique for characterizing
regional cerebral volume and tissue concentration differences in structural magnetic …

Hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults: the HAROLD model.

R Cabeza - Psychology and aging, 2002 - psycnet.apa.org
A model of the effects of aging on brain activity during cognitive performance is introduced.
The model is called HAROLD (hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults), and it …

Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging studies of older adults: a shrinking brain

SM Resnick, DL Pham, MA Kraut… - Journal of …, 2003 - Soc Neuroscience
Age-related loss of brain tissue has been inferred from cross-sectional neuroimaging
studies, but direct measurements of gray and white matter changes from longitudinal studies …

The science of sex differences in science and mathematics

DF Halpern, CP Benbow, DC Geary… - … science in the …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Amid ongoing public speculation about the reasons for sex differences in careers in science
and mathematics, we present a consensus statement that is based on the best available …

Ageing and the brain: This article is part of a series on ageing edited by Professor Chris Bulpitt

R Peters - Postgraduate medical journal, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Ageing causes changes to the brain size, vasculature, and cognition. The brain shrinks with
increasing age and there are changes at all levels from molecules to morphology. Incidence …

Evolving knowledge of sex differences in brain structure, function, and chemistry

KP Cosgrove, CM Mazure, JK Staley - Biological psychiatry, 2007 - Elsevier
Clinical and epidemiologic evidence demonstrates sex differences in the prevalence and
course of various psychiatric disorders. Understanding sex-specific brain differences in …

Normal sexual dimorphism of the adult human brain assessed by in vivo magnetic resonance imaging

JM Goldstein, LJ Seidman, NJ Horton, N Makris… - Cerebral …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The etiology and consistency of findings on normal sexual dimorphisms of the adult human
brain are unresolved. In this study, we present a comprehensive evaluation of normal sexual …