Sex Differences in the Brain: From Genes to BehaviorJill B. Becker, Karen J. Berkley, Nori Geary, Elizabeth Hampson, James P. Herman, Elizabeth Young Oxford University Press, 4 de dez. de 2007 - 512 páginas Within the basic and clinical biomedical research community, there is increasing recognition that differences between males and females across the lifespan affect an individual's health, his/her development of disease, signs and symptoms of pathophysiology, and response to therapy. This book is intended as a resource for scientists, clinicians, and students of the nervous system and behavior- a trove of practical information about how to study sex differences in the brain as well as a discussion of what is already known on the topic. |
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Sex Differences in Neurobiology and Behavior | 107 |
Sex Differences in the Neurobiology of Disease | 327 |
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