ABSTRACT

Ironically, the organ with the greatest reason to differ between the sexes, the brain, is often viewed as the most androgynous of all. Are there differences? Almost by convention, male animals are used in laboratory experiments in neuroscience. Even in clinical drug trials in humans, females are often excluded from the early phases of testing becau

chapter 1|24 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

An historical perspective

chapter 5|24 pages

Perception and cognition

chapter 6|22 pages

Laterality

chapter 7|34 pages

Neurology, psychiatry and the female brain

chapter 8|34 pages

Drugs, sex and. . .

chapter 9|6 pages

Where do we go from here?