Article
Sex, hormones, and genotype interact to influence psychiatric disease, treatment, and behavioral research.
Journal of neuroscience research - 2 Jan 2017
Gobinath Aarthi R, Choleris Elena, Galea Liisa A M
Abstract excerpt
Sex differences exist in the vulnerability, incidence, manifestation, and treatment of numerous neurological and psychiatric diseases. Despite this observation prominent in the literature, little consideration has been given to possible sex differences in outcome in both preclinical and clinical research. This Mini-Review highlights evidence supporting why studying sex differences matter for advances in brain...
Topics
- Animals
- Behavioral Research
- Female
- Genotype
- Gonadal Steroid Hormones
- Humans
- Male
- Mental Disorders
- Sex Characteristics
- Sex Factors
