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Sex differences in the human brain: a developmental perspective.

Progress in brain research - 1 Jan 2010

Paus Tomáš

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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 related to sexual dimorphism in brain structure, as it emerges during prenatal and post-natal development. Here, I provide a brief overview of the sex-chromosome-specific pathways that underlie sexual dimorphisms in general,...

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Adolescent
Age Factors
Aging
Animals
Brain
Chromosomes, Human, X
Chromosomes, Human, Y
Female
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male

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PMID: 21094883
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53630-3.00002-6

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