Women and men differ in a wide variety of behavioral traits and in their vulnerability to
developing certain mental disorders. This review endeavors to explore how recent�…

At a population level, women and men differ in a wide variety of behavioral traits and in the
probabilities of developing certain mental disorders. Some of these sex differences may be�…

Many brain and behavioural phenotypes in humans exhibit some degree of sexual
dimorphism. Moreover, there are large and replicable differences in the vulnerability of the�…

Sexual difference in the brain has long been one of the more intriguing research areas in the
field of neuroscience. This thorough and comprehensive text uncovers and explains recent�…

Males and females of many species differ with regard to neurodevelopment, ongoing brain
function and behavior. For many years, it was assumed that these differences primarily�…

Publisher Summary Gender-specific medicine is medicine guided by the science of how
normal function and disease are influenced by factors that are associated with gender. As�…

The sexual differentiation of the mammalian nervous system requires the precise
coordination of the temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression in diverse cell types�…

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�…

The sex of an individual is likely one of the most important factors defining many endpoints
in our lives including behavior, health, and disease. The processes establishing sex�…

One of the most enduring and controversial questions in the neuroscience of sexual
behaviour surrounds the mechanisms which produce sexual attraction to either males or�…