Sex difference in the human brain, their underpinnings and implications

Introduction, I Savic

Part I General overview

Chapter 1. Anatomical Sex Differences in adult brain (E Luders and A Toga)

Chapter 2. Anatomical Sex differences in the adolescent brain (T Paus)

Chapter 3. Sex Influences in brain function with focus on Emotional Memory: The Burden of Proof has shifted. (L Cahill)

Chapter 4. Cerebral organization and function in relation to sexual orientation and

Identity (I Savic, A Garcia-Falgueras and D Swaab)

Part II The mechanisms behind sex dimorhism in the brain

Chapter 5. Genetics of brain sex differences (F Sanchesz and E Villain)

Chapter 6. The genetic and epigenetic interplay and of sex differences in the brain (I Qureshi and M Mehler)

Chapter 7. Gene expression in neuroendocrine cells during the critical period for

sexual differentiation of the brain (K Gagnidze, D Pfaff and J Mong)

Chapter 8. Neurosteroids - their impact on the human brain, and potential pharmacologic effects (S Reddy)

Part III Clinical implications

Chapter 9. Sex, gender and pain (J Mogil and A Bailey)

Chapter 10. The skewed sex distribution in affective disorders - a diagnostic, social or biological problem? (M Legato)

Chapter 11. Empathizing, Systemizing, and the Extreme Male Brain theory of Autism

(S Baron-Cohen)

Chapter 12. Gender and the injured brain (P Hurn)