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·December 17, 2018·4 min read

Boys with Good Motor Skills Excel at Problem Solving Too

Researchers report boys with better motor skills tend to have higher cognitive scores over a two year follow up period than those with poorer motor skills. Additionally, boys with higher aerobic fitness had poorer cognition during the two year follow up than those with lower fitness levels.

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·May 9, 2018·6 min read

Study Provides Robust Evidence of Sex Differences with Alzheimer’s Gene

According to researchers, Alzheimer's disease may be more prevalent in women, not simply because they live longer on average, but due to the APOE E4 gene. Researchers found the APOE association was greater for women in the Tau pathway than in men. However, there was no difference between APOE expression in the amyloid pathway in women compared to men.

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·May 9, 2017·5 min read

Men and Women Show Equal Ability in Recognizing Faces

Contrary to popular believe, sex differences do not influence the ability to recognize faces.

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·March 15, 2023·3 min read

Metabolic Disorder and Genetic Differences Associated With Female Depression

Researchers identified 11 areas of DNA that were linked to depression in women and one in males. They also found depression was associated with metabolic disease in women, providing an important new aspect to consider when treating depressive symptoms.

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·September 4, 2015·6 min read

Gender Differences in Brain Structure and Behavior in Autism

According to a new study, girls with autism display less repetitive behaviors than boys. Additionally, researchers have discovered differences in brain structures between boys and girls with autism which may help explain this discrepancy.

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·October 12, 2018·5 min read

Effects of Epilepsy on Neural Activity Fluctuates with Reproductive Cycle: Mouse Study

Researchers report mice with epilepsy have alterations in neural pattern activity in an area of the brain that controls the reproductive endocrine system.

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·December 7, 2015·5 min read

Which Way Now? Men Have Better Sense of Direction Than Women

A drop of testosterone under the tongue allowed women to better orient themselves in navigational tests, a new study reports.

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·November 10, 2017·4 min read

Frequent Alcohol Use Kills New Brain Cells in Adults: Females More Vulnerable

A new study reports on how neural stem cells in adult mice respond differently to alcohol exposure, and these changes are different depending on the sex of the animal.

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·October 4, 2017·2 min read

High Blood Pressure in 40s Linked to Increased Dementia Risk For Women

Women who had high blood pressure in their 40s are 73% more likely to develop dementia as they age than those with normal blood pressure, a new study in Neurology reports.

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·March 16, 2021·3 min read

How Sex Differences Play a Role in Neurological Diseases

Separating vascular cell data based on sex helps researchers make new discoveries about why males and females are affected by neurodegenerative diseases differently. Findings point to differences in the blood-brain barrier between males and females.

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·March 23, 2021·5 min read

Large-Scale Genome Analysis Identifies Differences by Sex in Major Psychiatric Disorders

Researchers found that while there are genetic overlaps between the sexes in relation to mental health disorders, there are also sex-specific differences in how genes related to the immune system, central nervous system, and blood vessels affect people with mental health problems.