Sex hormones and human brain function

J Hornung, CA Lewis, B Derntl - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
Sex hormones have organizational and activational effects on the human brain and can
interact with the neurotransmitter systems. These biologic mechanisms may have a far …

Sex differences in functional cortical organization reflect differences in network topology rather than cortical morphometry

B Serio, MD Hettwer, L Wiersch, G Bignardi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Differences in brain size between the sexes are consistently reported. However, the
consequences of this anatomical difference on sex differences in intrinsic brain function …

[HTML][HTML] A multidimensional approach to understanding the emergence of sex differences in internalizing symptoms in adolescence

B Serio, R Kohler, F Ye, SD Lichenstein… - Developmental Cognitive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Women are more vulnerable to internalizing disorders (eg, depression and anxiety). This
study took an integrative developmental approach to investigate multidimensional factors …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in intrinsic functional cortical organization reflect differences in network topology rather than cortical morphometry

B Serio, MD Hettwer, L Wiersch, G Bignardi, J Sacher… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Brain size robustly differs between sexes. However, the consequences of this anatomical
dimorphism on sex differences in intrinsic brain function remain unclear. We investigated the …

The Role of Testosterone in Aggressive Behavior: Use and Interpretation of Functional Magnetic Resonance

O Carmichael - Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence, 2023 - Springer
Aggressive behavior is influenced by a complex array of psychological, environmental, and
physiological factors, including circulating levels of the endogenous sex hormone …

Link between mental health and self-reported number of digital hairs suggests new way to measure expressed testosterone

R Geerse - 2022 - studenttheses.uu.nl
There is growing consensus that testosterone is related to mental and physical health, but
the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. One explanation for the conflicting …

Decoding reward signals in the brain: Functional neural correlates of individual reward valuation and reward learning

S Klein - 2022 - jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de
This dissertation consists of two projects investigating the functional neural representations
of value in sexual stimuli and the commonalities between appetitive and aversive …