Bookedited by Ivanka Savic.
Contents:
Section I. General Overview
Chapter 1. Sex differences in brain anatomy / Eileen Luders, Arthur W. Toga
Chapter 2 . Sex differences in the human brain: A developmental perspective / Tomáš Paus
Chapter 3. Sex influences on brain and emotional memory: The burden of proof has shifted / Larry Cahill
Chapter 4. Sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation / Ivanka Savic, Alicia Garcia-Falgueras, Dick F. Swaab
Section II. The Mechanisms Behind Sex Dimorphism in the Brain
Chapter 5. Genes and brain sex differences / Francisco J. Sánchez, Eric Vilain
Chapter 6. Genetic and epigenetic underpinnings of sex differences in the brain and in neurological and psychiatric disease susceptibility / Irfan A. Qureshi, Mark F. Mehler
Chapter 7. Gene expression in neuroendocrine cells during the critical period for sexual differentiation of the brain / Khatuna Gagnidze, Donald W. Pfaff, Jessica A. Mong
Chapter 8. Neurosteroids: Endogenous role in the human brain and therapeutic potentials / Doodipala Samba Reddy
Section III. Clinical Implications
Chapter 9. Sex and gender differences in pain and analgesia / Jeffrey S. Mogil, Andrea L. Bailey
Chapter 10. The skewed sex distribution in affective disorders: A diagnostic, social, or biological problem? / Marianne J. Legato
Chapter 11. Empathizing, systemizing, and the extreme male brain theory of autism / Simon Baron-Cohen
Chapter 12. Gender and the injured brain / Paco S. Herson, Patricia D. Hurn.