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Multiple Origins of Sex Differences in Brain Neuroendocrine Functions and their Pathologies /

In theoretical terms, sex differences in brain and behavior offer the possibility of fascinating scientific studies on a range of molecular phenomena such as DNA methylation, chromatin protein modification, non-coding DNA, resulting in important neuroanatomical and neurochemical effects. However, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pfaff, Donald W. (Editor), Christen, Yves. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions,
Subjects:
Medicine.
Human genetics.
Neurosciences.
Endocrinology.
Biomedicine.
Human Genetics.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33721-5
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Politčnica 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<U+0019>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<U+0019>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.

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