Sex Differences in the Human Brain, their Underpinnings and Implications

<p>Part I General overview<br>1. Anatomical Sex Differences in adult brain (E Luders and A Toga)<br>2. Anatomical Sex differences in the adolescent brain (T Paus) <br>3. Sex Influences in brain function with focus on Emotional Memory: The Burden of Proof has shifted. (L Cahill)<br>4. Cerebral organization and function in relation to sexual orientation and Identity (I Savic, A Garcia-Falgueras and D Swaab)</p> <p>Part II The mechanisms behind sex dimorhism in the brain<br>5. Genetics of brain sex differences (F Sanchesz and E Villain)<br>6. The genetic and epigenetic interplay and of sex differences in the brain (I Qureshi and M Mehler) <br>7. Gene expression in neuroendocrine cells during the critical period for sexual differentiation of the brain (K Gagnidze, D Pfaff and J Mong)<br>8. Neurosteroids – their impact on the human brain, and potential pharmacologic effects (S Reddy) </p> <p>Part III Clinical implications<br>9. Sex, gender and pain (J Mogil and A Bailey) <br>10. The skewed sex distribution in affective disorders – a diagnostic, social or biological problem? (M Legato) <br>11. Empathizing, Systemizing, and the Extreme Male Brain theory of Autism (S Baron-Cohen)<br>12. Gender and the injured brain (P Hurn)</p>