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Sex Differences in Pharmacokinetics
Because women have been excluded from most clinical trials, assessment of sex differences in pharmacokinetics is available for a minority of...
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Sex Differences in Vascular Function
Sex is an important biological variable that impacts several organism functions at the genetic, molecular, and cellular levels. Sex differences are...
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Sex Differences in Brain Function and Dysfunction
Does sex matter when it comes to brain function? This volume attempts to answer this very important question which is of relevance to the disciplines...
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Sex Differences in Social Cognition
Several studies have demonstrated sex differences in empathy and social abilities. This chapter reviews studies on sex differences in the brain,...
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Sex Differences in HIV Infection
Biological sex has wide-ranging impacts on HIV infection spanning differences in acquisition risk, the pathogenesis of untreated infection, impact of...
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Sex Differences in Glucose Homeostasis
Sexual dimorphism has been demonstrated to have an effect on various physiological functions. In this regard, researchers have investigated its...
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Sex Differences in Neuroendocrine-Immune Interactions
The contribution of sex to differences in immune function is integral for our understanding of diseases and disorders; however, systematic study of...
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Genetics of Sex Differences in Immunity
Women have a stronger immune response and a higher frequency of most autoimmune diseases than men. While much of the difference between men and women...
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Sex-Gender-Based Differences in Metabolic Diseases
Sexual dimorphism creates different biological and cellular activities and selective regulation mechanisms in males and females, thus generating...
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Sex-Linked Differences in Malaria Risk Across the Lifespan
Despite the high burden of malaria worldwide, there is surprisingly scarce research on sex-based differences in malaria outside of pregnancy. A more...
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Sex Differences in Dementia
Background Women in many cohorts have a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of dementia....
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Sex Differences in Pain and Its Treatment
Pain is a highly personal experience. Pain is often considered to be a purely neurologic phenomenon, but in actuality, it is a combination of both...
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Sex differences and sex-specific regulation of motivated behavior by Melanin-concentrating hormone: a short review
Recent preclinical research exploring how neuropeptide transmitter systems regulate motivated behavior reveal the increasing importance of sex as a...
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Sex Differences in Social Cognition
In this review we explore the sex differences underlying various types of social cognition. Particular focus will be placed on the behaviors of...
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Sex Differences in the Evaluation and Treatment of Stroke
There are differences in the prevalence and strength of risk factors in women, along with sex-specific risk factors such as pregnancy. Women have a...
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Sex Differences in Pain with Emphasis on Neuroimmune Interactions
To date, the mechanisms underlying how neuroimmune interactions contribute to sex dimorphism of chronic pain remain elusive. Although women suffer...
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Sex differences in brain protein expression and disease
Most complex human traits differ by sex, but we have limited insight into the underlying mechanisms. Here, we investigated the influence of...
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Sex Differences in Cognition Across Aging
Sex and gender differences are seen in cognitive disturbances in a variety of neurological and psychiatry diseases. Men are more likely to have...
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Sex and gender differences in drug treatment: experiences from the knowledge database Janusmed Sex and Gender
BackgroundEvidence from clinical research indicates that men and women can differ in response to drug treatment. The knowledge database Janusmed Sex...
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Biological and Clinical Implications of Sex-Specific Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease
Mounting evidence indicates that the female sex is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia worldwide. Decades...
