Open AccessThe role of sex and gender in neuropsychiatric disorders
Author(s) -
Florence Thibaut
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
dialogues in clinical neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.11
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1958-5969
pISSN - 1294-8322
DOI - 10.31887/dcns.2016.18.4/fthibaut
Subject(s) - brain function , psychology , sex characteristics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , developmental psychology , neuroscience
The prevalence, age of onset, and clinical symptoms of many neuropsychiatric diseases substantially differ between males and females. Factors influencing the relationships between brain development and function and sex or gender may help us understand the differences between males and females in terms of risk or resilience factors in brain diseases.
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