Multiple Origins of Sex Differences in Brain

Neuroendocrine Functions and their Pathologies

AvDonald W Pfaff,Yves Christen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions

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Beskrivning

Avoiding the hyperbole of past treatments of the subject, this book discusses maladies whose diagnoses are much different between males and females. Examples include autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders and congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-03-02
Mått:155 x 235 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
Antal sidor:181
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783642337208

Utforska kategorier

Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Medicinsk genetik inom Medicin
Endokrinologi inom Medicin

Innehållsförteckning

Donald PFAFF (The Rockefeller University, New York, USA) Hormone-dependent chromatin modifications regulating sexually differentiated animal behaviour.- Eric B. KEVERNE (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) Importance of genomic imprinting in the evolution and development of the maternal brain.- Catherine DULAC (Harvard University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, USA) Sex battles in the brain: genomic imprinting in the developing and adult CNS.- Javier DE FELIPE (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Gender differences in human cortical synaptic density.- Melissa HINES (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) Androgenic influences on human neurobehavioral development: outcomes and mechanisms.- Simon BARON-COHEN (Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK) The foetal androgen theory of autism.- Francesca DUCCI (King’s College, London, UK) Genetic variation within serotonin genes,hormones, and aggression.- Jay GIEDD (National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA) Does size matter? Sex differences in the developing brain.- Jill GOLDSTEIN (Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA) Fetal hormonal programming of the brain: Implications for understanding sex differences in depression and risk for cardiovascular disease.- James SWANSON (University of California, Irvine, USA) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders: factors contributing to sex differences in recognition and treatment with stimulant medication .- Phyllis W. SPEISER (Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, New York, USA) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia and related disorders: Neuroendocrine, behavioral and cognitive implications.- Phyllis WISE (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) Estrogens: protective or risk factors in the injured brain