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Editorial
. 2016 Dec;18(4):351-352.
doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2016.18.4/fthibaut.

The role of sex and gender in neuropsychiatric disorders

Florence Thibaut  1
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Editorial

The role of sex and gender in neuropsychiatric disorders

Florence Thibaut. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

The prevalence, age of onset, and clinical symptoms of many neuropsychiatric diseases substantially differ between males and females. Factors influencing the relationships between brain development and function and sex or gender may help us understand the differences between males and females in terms of risk or resilience factors in brain diseases.

Keywords: brain; neuropsychiatric disorder; sex difference.

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