Multiple Origins of Sex Differences in Brain

Donald PFAFF (The Rockefeller University, New York, USA) Hormone-dependent chromatin modifications regulating sexually differentiated animal behaviour.- Eric B. KEVERNE (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) Importance of genomic imprinting in the evolution and development of the maternal brain.- Catherine DULAC (Harvard University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, USA) Sex battles in the brain: genomic imprinting in the developing and adult CNS.- Javier DE FELIPE (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Gender differences in human cortical synaptic density.- Melissa HINES (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) Androgenic influences on human neurobehavioral development: outcomes and mechanisms.- Simon BARON-COHEN (Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK) The foetal androgen theory of autism.- Francesca DUCCI (King's College, London, UK) Genetic variation within serotonin genes,hormones, and aggression.- Jay GIEDD (National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA) Does size matter? Sex differences in the developing brain.- Jill GOLDSTEIN (Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA) Fetal hormonal programming of the brain: Implications for understanding sex differences in depression and risk for cardiovascular disease.- James SWANSON (University of California, Irvine, USA) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders: factors contributing to sex differences in recognition and treatment with stimulant medication .- Phyllis W. SPEISER (Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, New York, USA) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia and related disorders: Neuroendocrine, behavioral and cognitive implications.- Phyllis WISE (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) Estrogens: protective or risk factors in the injured brain