Sex Differences in the Human Brain, their Underpinnings and Implications (Volume 186) (Progress in Brain Research, Volume 186, Band 186) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444536302 ISBN 13: 9780444536303

Verlag: Elsevier, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Elsevier
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0444536302
• ISBN 13: 9780444536303
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216
• Herausgeber: Savic Ivanka
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: ELSEVIER; https://www.elsevier.com/es-es; ; Mooswaldallee 6; Freiburg; 79108; Deutschland