Description
Sex Differences in Neurology and Psychiatry, Volume 175, addresses this important issue by viewing major neurological and psychiatric conditions through the lens of sexual dimorphism, providing an entirely novel approach to understanding vulnerability factors, as well as potential new treatment strategies in several common neuropsychiatric disorders. The handbook comprises four major sections: (1) Introduction to sex differences in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, (2) Description of the impact of genetic, epigenetic, sex hormonal and other environmental effects on cerebral sex dimorphism, (3) Review of sex differences in neurologic disorders, and (4) Review of sex differences in psychiatric disorders.- Explores sex differences in human neuroanatomy and neurophysiology- Offers a pathway toward a gender-specific treatment of neurologic and psychiatric disorders- Provides an overview of the genetics of sex hormones, human brain structure, and function, as well as the epigenetics, environment and social context
Table of Contents
Section I. Sex Differences in Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology1. Structural differences between male and female brains2. Beyond sex differences and a male-female continuum: mosaic brains in a multidimensional space3. Brain development4. HPA axis, stress 5. Spatial skills6. Gender differences in language are small but matter for disorders7. Sex differences in cognition and aging and the influence of sex hormones8. Sex and the serotonin system9. Sex and the dopaminergic system: Insights from addiction studies10. Sex and the noradrenergic systemSection II. Genes, Hormones, and Epigenetic Mechanisms11. Genetics of sex differences in neuroanatomy and function12. Sex hormones and human brain function13. Environmental epigenetics of sex differences in the brainSection III. Sex Differences in Neurologic Disorders14. Brain structural and neuroendocrine basis of sex differences in epilepsy 15. Neuroinflammation16. Sex difference in Alzheimer Disease: an updated, balanced and emerging perspective on differing vulnerabilities17. Sex differences in movement disorders18. Autism spectrum disorder19. Sex differences in strokeSection IV. Sex Differences in Psychiatric Disorders20. Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders21. Sex differences in stress-related disorders: major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder22. The role of sex and gender in anxiety disorders: being scared 'like a girl'?23. Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders24. Feeding and eating disorders25. Sex differences in antisocial and aggressive disorders that onset in childhood and persist into adulthood26. Addiction among women and sexual minority groupsSection V. Gender Medicine: Towards a Gender-Specific Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders27. Gender medicine: towards a gender-specific treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders
