Sex differences in the human brain (Progress in Brain Research): Volume 186

Ivanka Savic

ISBN 10: 0444536302 / ISBN 13: 9780444536303

Published by Elsevier 2010-12-01, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sex differences in the human brain (Progress in Brain Research): Volume 186
• Publisher: Elsevier 2010-12-01
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444536302
• ISBN 13: 9780444536303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume of Progress in Brain Research documents recent developments and research findings in relation to sex and how the brain’s function and behavior differs from men to women. Specific areas include cerebral function, morphology and organization, sexual dimorphism, neural origins,and genetics and epigenetics, as well as potential causes/affects of stress, pain, sexual orientation and identity and other social issues such as distribution of disorders across the sexes and autism.

• Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
• Highlights areas for future research
• Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts

About the Author

Dr. Savic’s group is a member of the Stockholm Brain Institute (SBI), a center at the Karolinska Institute for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience. Her research focuses on the cognitive and emotional decline related to chronic stress as a recognized phenomenon and understanding the underlying mechanisms. They are applying several brain imaging techniques, including PET, to investigate how the human brain is affected by psychosocial stress, and explain the reported emotional and cognitive decline related to stress. The aim is to find biochemical markers of chronic psychosocial stress and develop new treatment strategies.