Sex differences in the brain
Subtitle: from genes to behavior
By: edited by Jill B. Becker ... [et al.].
Contributors: Becker, Jill B.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780195311587
Subjects: Sex differences; Sex differences (Psychology); Brain -- Sex differences; Human behavior -- Physiological aspects; Brain -- physiology; Behavior -- physiology; Central Nervous System Diseases -- physiopathology; Mental Disorders -- physiopathology; Mental Processes -- physiology; Sex Factors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why are there two sexes? / Turk Rhen and David Crews; title: Sex differences in the brain: what's old and what's new / Margaret M. McCarthy and Arthur P. Arnold; title: Research and methodological issues in the study of sex differences and hormone-behavior relations / Lisa Eckel ... [et al.]; title: Methodological issues in the study of hormone-behavior relations in humans: understanding and monitoring the menstrual cycle / Elizabeth Hampson and Elizabeth A. Young; title: Sex differences in pharmacogenomics as a tool to study CNS disorders / Julia Pinsonneault and Wolfgang Sadée; title: Sex differences in HPA axis regulation / Elizabeth A. Young ... [et al.]; title: Steroid hormone receptors and sex differences in behavior / Toni R. Pak and Robert J. Handa; title: Sex differences affiliative behavior and social bonding / Larry J. Young and C. Sue Carter; title: Sex differences in the organization of movement / Evelyn F. Field and Ian Q. Whishaw; title: Sex differences in motivation / Jill B. Becker and Jane R. Taylor; title: Sex differences in neuroplasticity / Csaba Leranth, Neil J. MacLusky, and Tibor Hajszan; title: Sex differences in cognitive in cognitive function in rodents / Victoria Luine and Gary Dohanich; title: Sex differences in energy metabolism, obesity, and eating behavior / Nori Geary and Jennifer Lovejoy; title: Sex differences in children's play / Sheri A. Berenbaum ... [et al.]; title: Sex differences in the neurocognition of language / Michael T. Ullman, Robbin A. Miranda, and Michelle L. Travers; title: Endocrine contributions to sex differences in visuospatial perception and cognition / Elizabeth Hampson; title: Sex differences in infectious and autoimmune diseases / Sabra L. Klein; title: Sex differences in neuroimmunology / Steven S. Zalcman; title: Sex differences in pain / Emeran A. Mayer, Jennifer S. Labus, and Karen S. Berkley; title: Sex differences in anxiety disorders / Margaret Altemus and Laura Epstein; title: Hormones and mood / Meir Steiner and Elizabeth A. Young; title: Sex differences in brain aging and Alzheimer's disorders / Susan Resnick and Ira Driscoll; title: Sex differences in Parkinson's disease / David G. Standaert and Ippolita Cantuti-Castelvetri.