Sex and the Developing Brain: Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781615047284 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 141 str.

Margaret M. McCarthy

Opis

Sex differences in the brain are determined by genetics, hormones, and experience, which in humans includes culture, society, and parental and peer expectations. The importance of nonbiological variables to sex differences in humans is paramount, making it difficult if not impossible to parse out those contributions that are truly biological.

Spis treści

• Preface
• Introduction
• Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior in Context
• Sex Determination versus Sex Differentiation
• Masculinization, Feminization, and Defeminization
• Steroid Hormones are Potent Modulators of Brain Development
• Sex Differences in the Brain are Established During a Developmental Sensitive Window
• Sex Differences in Reproductive Physiology and Behavior are Coordinated
• Steroids Influence Multiple Endpoints via Multiple Mechanisms to Organize the Brain
• Cellular Mechanisms of Steroid-Mediated Organization of the Brain
• Ultrasonic Vocalizations Differ in Neonatal Males and Females Because of a Gene Called FoxP2
• Overcoming the Hegemony of Hormones: Genes Matter Too
• Winged Messengers: Lessons from Birds and Flies
• Sexual Differentiation of the Primate Brain
• Sexual Differentiation of the Human Brain
• Imaging Studies Give Insight Into Brain Sex Differences
• Steroids and Human Brain Development
• The Value of Understanding the Effect of Sex on the Developing Brain
• Bibliography
• Classic References
• Author Biography