Sex differences in the brain: Implications for behavioral and biomedical research. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018 Feb;85:126-145
Date
12/31/2017Pubmed ID
29287628Pubmed Central ID
PMC5751942DOI
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.07.005Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85039162933 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 175 CitationsAbstract
Biological differences between males and females are found at multiple levels. However, females have too often been under-represented in behavioral neuroscience research, which has stymied the study of potential sex differences in neurobiology and behavior. This review focuses on the study of sex differences in the neurobiology of social behavior, memory, emotions, and recovery from brain injury, with particular emphasis on the role of estrogens in regulating forebrain function. This work, presented by the authors at the 2016 meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, emphasizes varying approaches from several mammalian species in which sex differences have not only been documented, but also become the focus of efforts to understand the mechanistic basis underlying them. This information may provide readers with useful experimental tools to successfully address recently introduced regulations by granting agencies that either require (e.g. the National Institutes of Health in the United States and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in Canada) or recommend (e.g. Horizon 2020 in Europe) the inclusion of both sexes in biomedical research.
Author List
Choleris E, Galea LAM, Sohrabji F, Frick KMAuthor
Karyn Frick BA,MA,PhD Professor in the Psychology department at University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsBrain
Emotions
Estrogens
Humans
Memory
Sex Characteristics
Social Behavior
