Sex Influences on the Brain: An Issue Whose Time Has Come

The issue of sex influences on the brain is rapidly moving center stage, driven by abundant results proving that subject sex can and regularly does alter, negate, and even reverse neuroscientific findings and conclusions down to the molecular level and thus can no longer be justifiably marginalized...

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Published in:Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2015-12, Vol.88 (6), p.1084-1085
Main Authors: Cahill, Larry, Aswad, Dana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Brain - metabolism
Brain research
Female
Females
Gender differences
Humans
Male
Males
Neurosciences
Pain
Phosphorylation
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - physiology
Sex Characteristics
Studies
Womens health
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Summary:The issue of sex influences on the brain is rapidly moving center stage, driven by abundant results proving that subject sex can and regularly does alter, negate, and even reverse neuroscientific findings and conclusions down to the molecular level and thus can no longer be justifiably marginalized or ignored. After years of being marginalized or ignored, the issue of sex influences on brain function is rapidly moving center stage, driven by ever-growing evidence that sex can and regularly does influence all levels of brain function.
ISSN:0896-6273
1097-4199
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2015.11.021