Sex differences in the human brain : their underpinnings and implications /

Sex differences in the human brain : their underpinnings and implications / editor, Ivanka Savic-Berglund. - Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, 2010. - 1 electronic resource (186 pages). - Progress in brain research, v. 186 1875-7855 ; . - Progress in brain research ; v. 186. .

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This volume of Progress in Brain Research documents recent developments and research findings in relation to sex and how the brain's function and behavior differs from men to women. Specific areas include cerebral function, morphology and organisation, sexual dimorphism, neural origins, genetics and epigenetics, as well as potential causes/affects of stress, pain, sexual orientation and identity and other social issues such as distribution of disorders across the sexes and autism. * Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field * Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts.




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Brain--Sex differences.
Sex differences.
Sex factors in disease.
Brain--physiology
Sex Characteristics
Sex Differentiation--genetics
Sex Factors
Cerveau--Différences entre sexes.
Différences entre sexes.
Maladies--Facteurs sexuels.
Sex factors in disease
Sex differences
Brain--Sex differences

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