Why sex matters for neuroscience

By Larry Cahill. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2006

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Brain On Stress: Vulnerability and Plasticity of the Prefrontal Cortex Over the Life Course (2013, neutral): “…many other subtle sex differences exist throughout the brain, since gonadal steroid receptors and actions via genomic and nongenomic mechanisms are widespread (McEwen and Milner, 2007) and sexual differentiation early in life affects many aspects of brain function (Cahill, 2006; McCarthy, 2008).”
Hardwired for Sexism? Approaches to Sex/Gender in Neuroscience (2012, background): “functional sex/gender differences in the brain and behavior [4, 20, 21].”
Sex differences in the adult human brain: Evidence from 5,216 UK Biobank participants (2017, background): “fields, such as neuroscience, the potential effects of sex are not always considered [10-12].”
On the Use of Neuropyhsiological Tools in IS Research: Developing a Research Agenda for NeuroIS (2012, background): “Motor intentions are quite distinct from cognitive intentions, and they are linked with the parietal and pre-motor cortices (Desmurget and Sirigu 2009).”
The Temporal Dynamics Model of Emotional Memory Processing: A Synthesis on the Neurobiological Basis of Stress-Induced Amnesia, Flashbulb and Traumatic Memories, and the Yerkes-Dodson Law (2007, result): “…to respond di ﬀ erently to acute stress than do the males of each species, a ﬁnding which was ﬁrst suggested by Stratton [36] and then substantiated in contemporary research (Shors [108]; McEwen [109]; Beiko et al. [110]; Conrad et al. [111]; Kudo et al. [112]; Shansky et al. [113]; Cahill [114]).”
Gender Differences in Educational Achievement to Age 25 (2008, background): “A number of studies have reported gender differences in brain structure and function (for reviews, see Cahill, 2006; Halpern, 1997) and in some cases this has been interpreted as evidence that gender differences in educational achievement are biologically determined (Biddulph, 1997; Gurian, 2001;…”
Reframing sexual differentiation of the brain (2011, background): “The effects of sex on neural phenotypes are often as large as the effects of other important variables, and conclusions based on the study of one sex have not always been found to hold in the othe”
Evolving knowledge of sex differences in brain structure, function, and chemistry. (2007, neutral): “[(123)I] -CIT, [(123)I]2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)tropane; DA yrrolidinyl)methyl)-2,3-dimethoxybenzamide; [(123)I]FP-CIT, [(123)I]-2beta- car minobutyric acid; 5-HT, serotonin; M, male; MRS, magnetic resonance spe -(4-chlorophenyl)tropane; [(11)C]WAY-100635, [(11)C](3)H-(N-(2-(1-(4-(2-me”
Sex influences on the neurobiology of learning and memory. (2009, background): “In some cases, consideration of sex may significantly alter, even reverse, conclusions about brain function drawn from the study of one sex alone (Cahill 2006).”
Growing together and growing apart: Regional and sex differences in the lifespan developmental trajectories of functional homotopy (2010, background): “(Cahill, 2006), we examined sex effects on homotopic functional”
Estrogen Actions in the Brain and the Basis for Differential Action in Men and Women: A Case for Sex-Specific Medicines (2010, background): “Although this is often true (as illustrated in section IV), recent evidence supports the emerging concept that certain sex dimorphisms may exist in an attempt to preserve critical brain functions that have an evolutionary advantage (De Vries, 2004; Cahill, 2006).”
Imaging brain development: The adolescent brain (2012, background): “Evidence from animal studies indicates that the hormonal events of puberty exert profound effects on brain maturation and behaviour (Cahill, 2006; Sisk and Foster, 2004; Spear, 2000).”
Sex Bias in Neuroscience and Biomedical Research (2010, neutral): “A trait that does not differ between the sexes nevertheless may be subserved by different mechanisms in females and males (Cahill, 2006).”
The Role of Puberty in the Developing Adolescent Brain (2010, background): “However, a wealth of evidence from nonhuman animal studies indicates that the hormonal events of puberty exert profound effects on brain maturation and behavior [Cahill, 2006; Sisk and Foster, 2004; Spear, 2000].”