Multiple Origins of Sex Differences in Brain (eBook)

                Donald PFAFF (The Rockefeller University, New York, USA) Hormone-dependent chromatin modifications regulating sexually differentiated animal behaviour.-             Eric B. KEVERNE (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) Importance of genomic imprinting in the evolution and development of the maternal brain.-             Catherine DULAC (Harvard University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, USA) Sex battles in the brain: genomic imprinting in the developing and adult CNS.-             Javier DE FELIPE (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Gender differences in human cortical synaptic density.-             Melissa HINES (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) Androgenic influences on human neurobehavioral development: outcomes and mechanisms.-             Simon BARON-COHEN (Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK) The foetal androgen theory of autism.-             Francesca DUCCI (King’s College, London, UK) Genetic variation within serotonin genes, hormones, and aggression.-             Jay GIEDD (National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA) Does size matter?  Sex differences in the developing brain.-             Jill GOLDSTEIN (Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA) Fetal hormonal programming of the brain: Implications for understanding sex differences in depression and risk for cardiovascular disease.-             James SWANSON (University of California, Irvine, USA) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders: factors contributing to sex differences in recognition and treatment with stimulant medication .-             Phyllis W. SPEISER (Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, New York, USA) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia and related disorders: Neuroendocrine, behavioral and cognitive implications.-             Phyllis WISE (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) Estrogens: protective or risk factors in the injured brain ​