Insights into sex and gender differences in brain and psychopathologies using big data

A Zelco, P Wapeesittipan, A Joshi - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
The societal implication of sex and gender (SG) differences in brain are profound, as they
influence brain development, behavior, and importantly, the presentation, prevalence, and …

Neuroimaging and eating disorders

GKW Frank - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2019 - journals.lww.com
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The role of sexual orientation in the relationships between body perception, body weight dissatisfaction, physical comparison, and eating psychopathology in the …

P Meneguzzo, E Collantoni, E Bonello… - Eating and Weight …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Body weight dissatisfaction (BWD) and visual body perception are specific aspects
that can influence the own body image, and that can concur with the development or the …

Neural systems for own-body processing align with gender identity rather than birth-assigned sex

DSA Majid, SM Burke, A Manzouri, TD Moody… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Gender identity is a core aspect of self-identity and is usually congruent with birth-assigned
sex and own body sex-perception. The neuronal circuits underlying gender identity are …

Wearing same-and opposite-sex virtual bodies and seeing them caressed in intimate areas

M Mello, M Fusaro, G Tieri… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Immersive virtual reality enables people to undergo the experience of owning an artificial
body and vicariously feeling tactile stimuli delivered to it. However, it is currently unknown …

Effects of sex hormones on brain GABA and glutamate levels in a cis-and transgender cohort

B Spurny-Dworak, P Handschuh, M Spies… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sex hormones affect the GABAergic and glutamatergic neurotransmitter system as
demonstrated in animal studies. However, human research has mostly been correlational in …

Gender dysphoria: definitions, classifications, neurobiological profiles and clinical treatments

G Perrotta - International Journal of Sexual and Reproductive …, 2020 - reprodgroup.us
This work focuses on the theme of gender dysphoria and in particular on clinical,
psychopathological and anatomy physiological elements, to understand if there are …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting outcomes of cross-sex hormone therapy in transgender individuals with gender incongruence based on pre-therapy resting-state brain connectivity

TD Moody, JD Feusner, N Reggente, J Vanhoecke… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021 - Elsevier
Individuals with gender incongruence (GI) experience serious distress due to incongruence
between their gender identity and birth-assigned sex. Sociological, cultural, interpersonal …

Females exhibit smaller volumes of brain activation and lower inter-subject variability during motor tasks

JW Andrushko, S Rinat, ED Kirby, J Dahlby… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Past work has shown that brain structure and function differ between females and males.
Males have larger cortical and sub-cortical volume and surface area (both total and …

[HTML][HTML] A developmental framework for understanding the influence of sex and gender on health: Pediatric pain as an exemplar

KE Boerner, E Keogh, AM Inkster… - Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sex differences are a robust finding in many areas of adult health, including cardiovascular
disease, psychiatric disorders, and chronic pain. However, many sex differences are not …