
Sex Differences in the Human Brain, their Underpinnings and Implications
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Key Features
- Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
- Highlights areas for future research
- Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts
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Table of Contents
Part I General overview
1. Anatomical Sex Differences in adult brain (E Luders and A Toga)
2. Anatomical Sex differences in the adolescent brain (T Paus)
3. Sex Influences in brain function with focus on Emotional Memory: The Burden of Proof has shifted. (L Cahill)
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
5. Genetics of brain sex differences (F Sanchesz and E Villain)
6. The genetic and epigenetic interplay and of sex differences in the brain (I Qureshi and M Mehler)
7. Gene expression in neuroendocrine cells during the critical period for sexual differentiation of the brain (K Gagnidze, D Pfaff and J Mong)
8. Neurosteroids – their impact on the human brain, and potential pharmacologic effects (S Reddy)Part III Clinical implications
9. Sex, gender and pain (J Mogil and A Bailey)
10. The skewed sex distribution in affective disorders – a diagnostic, social or biological problem? (M Legato)
11. Empathizing, Systemizing, and the Extreme Male Brain theory of Autism (S Baron-Cohen)
12. Gender and the injured brain (P Hurn)
Product details
- No. of pages: 216
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2010
- Published: December 3, 2010
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780444536310
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780444536303
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Ivanka Savic-Berglund
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