The Female Brain - Cynthia L. Darlington, Cynthia Darlington

The Female Brain

Buch | Hardcover
211 Seiten
2002
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-415-27722-8 (ISBN)
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Ironically, the organ with the greatest reason to differ between the sexes, the brain, is often viewed as the most androgynous of all. Are there differences? How good is the evidence? Where do the differences lie - in the neuroanatomy? This text answers these questions and many others.
Ironically, the organ with the greatest reason to differ between the sexes, the brain, is often viewed as the most androgynous of all. Are there differences? Almost by convention, male animals are used in laboratory experiments in neuroscience. Even in clinical drug trials in humans, females are often excluded from the early phases of testing because of the risk of pregnancy and because females tend to be inconsistent in their responses due to the influence of their hormones and the menstrual cycle. The flaw in this reasoning is enormous: These very results are often applied to females.

In The Female Brain, Cynthia Darlington examines the evidence for structural and functional differences between the male and female brain in an accessible, straightforward manner, while providing substantial scientific material for the academic reader.

Introduction. An Historical Perspective. Brain Structure: The Architecture of Difference. Functional Differences. Perception and Cognition. Laterality. Neurology, Psychiatry and the Female Brain. Drugs, Sex and... Where Do We Go From Here?

Erscheint lt. Verlag 11.4.2002
Reihe/Serie Conceptual Advances in Brain Research
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 386 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
ISBN-10 0-415-27722-1 / 0415277221
ISBN-13 978-0-415-27722-8 / 9780415277228
Zustand Neuware
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