Sex and Gender in Research and Healthcare
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A comprehensive assay of social motivation reveals sex-specific roles of autism-associated genes and oxytocin
Maloney SE, Sarafinovska S, Weichselbaum C, McCullough KB, Swift RG, Liu Y, Dougherty JD. (2023) Cell Reports Methods
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A prospective examination of sex differences in posttraumatic autonomic functioning
Seligowski AV, Steuber ER, Hinrichs R, Reda MH, Wiltshire CN, Wanna CP, Winters SJ, Phillips KA, House SL, Beaudoin F:, An X, Stevens JS, Zeng D, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Guffanti G, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey Jr PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Kurz MC, Murty VP, McGrath ME, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Chang AM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Miller MW, Pietrzak RH, Joormann J, Barch DM, Pizzagalli DA, Sheridan JF, Luna B, Harte SE, Elliott JM, Koenen KC, Kessler RC, McLean SA, Ressler KJ, Tanja Jovanovic T (2021), Neurobiology of Stress
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Analysis of anemia and iron supplementation among glioblastoma patients reveals sex-biased association between anemia and survival
Shenoy G, Slagle-Webb B, Khunsriraksakul C, Pandya Shesh B, Luo J, Khristov V, Smith N, Mansouri A, Zacharia BE Holder S, Lathia JD, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Connor JR. (2024) Scientific Reports, 14 (1), art. no. 2389
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Association of Sex with Neurobehavioral Markers of Executive Function in 2-Year-Olds at High and Low Likelihood of Autism
St. John T, Estes AM, Hazlett HC, Marrus N, Burrows CA, Donovan K, Torres Gomez S, Grzadzinski RL, Parish-Morris J, Smith R, Styner M, Garic D, Pandey J, Lee CM, Schultz RT, Botteron KN, Zwaigenbaum L, Piven J, Dager SR.JAMA Network Open. 2023
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Associations between age, sex, APOE genotype, and regional vascular physiology in typically aging adults
Damestani NL, Jacoby J, Yadav SM, Lovely AE, Michael A, Terpstra M, Eshghi M, Rashid B, Cruchaga C, Salat DH, Juttukonda MR. (2023) NeuroImage, 275, art. no. 120167
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Consideration of sex and gender in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders from a global perspective
Mielke MM, Aggarwal NT,... Trani JF, Turner AD, Vonk JMJ, Quiroz YT, Babulal GM, Diversity and Disparity Professional Interest Area Sex and Gender Special Interest Group (2022) Alzheimer's and Dementia
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Early Emotion Development Intervention Improves Mental Health Outcomes in Low-Income, High-Risk Community Children
Hennefield L, Gilbert K, Donohue MR, Tillman R McCoy A, Diggs G, Paul ZA, Kohl PL, Luby JL. (2024) Child Psychiatry and Human Development
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Estrogen-induced glial IL-1β mediates extrinsic retinal ganglion cell vulnerability in murine Nf1 optic glioma
Tang Y, Chatterjee J, Wagoner N, Bozeman S, Gutmann DH. (2024) Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
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Hormonal basis of sex differences in anesthetic sensitivity
Wasilczuk AZ, Rinehart C, Aggarwal A, Stone ME, Mashour GA, Avidan MS, Kelz MB, Proekt A. (2024) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121 (3), art. no. e2312913120
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Immune cell analysis of pilocytic astrocytomas reveals sexually dimorphic brain region-specific differences in T-cell content
Chen J, Sinha N, Cobb O, Liu C, Ersen A, Phillips JJ, Tihan T, Gutmann DH, Dahiya S (2021), Neuro-Oncology Advances
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Importance of the intersection of age and sex to understand variation in incidence and survival for primary malignant gliomas
Wang G-M, Patil GCNP, Waite KA, Lanese R, Ostrom QT, Kruchko C, Berens ME, Connor JR, Lathia JD, Rubin JB, Barnholtz-Sloan JS (2022), Neuro-oncology
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Independently validated sex-specific nomograms for predicting survival in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma: NRG Oncology RTOG 0525 and 0825
Patil N, Somasundaram E, Waite KA, Lathia JD, Machtay M, Gilbert MR, Connor JR, Rubin JB, Berens ME, Buerki RA, Choi S, Sloan AE, Penas-Prado M, Ashby LS, Blumenthal DT, Werner-Wasik M, Hunter GK, Flickinger JC, Wendland MM, Panet-Raymond V, Robins HI, Pugh SL, Mehta MP, Barnholtz-Sloan JS (2021), Journal of Neuro-Oncology
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Integrase Inhibitors are Associated with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Women with HIV
Rubin LH, O'Halloran JA, Williams DW, Li Y, Fitzgerald KC, Dastgheyb R, Damron AL, Maki PM, Spence AB, Sharma A, Gustafson DR, Milam J, Weber KM, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Fischl MA, Konkle-Parker, Xu Y (2022), Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
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Measurement of gender and sexuality in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study
Potter AS, Dube SL, Barrios LC, Bookheimer S, Espinoza A , Feldstein Ewing SW, Freedman EG, Hoffman EA, Ivanova M, Jefferys H, McGlade EC, Tapert SF, Johns MM (2022), Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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OCD Influences Evidence Accumulation During Decision Making in Males but Not Females During Perceptual and Value-Driven Choice
Ma X , Megli A , Pittenger C, Pushkarskaya H (2021), Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Oxytocin-induced birth causes sex-specific behavioral and brain connectivity changes in developing rat offspring
Giri T, Maloney SE, Giri S, Goo, YA, Song, JH, Son M, Tycksen E, Conyers SB, Bice A, Ge X, Garbow JR, Quirk JD, Bauer AQ, Palanisamy A. (2024) iScience, 27 (2), art. no. 108960
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Psychotic-like experiences and adverse life events in young people. Does gender matter?
Adjorlolo S, Awortwe V, Anum A, Huang K-Y, Mamah D. (2023) Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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Relationship between sex biases in gene expression and sex biases in autism and Alzheimer’s disease
Fass SB, Mulvey B, Chase R, Yang W Selmanovic D, Chaturvedi SM, Tycksen E, Weiss LA, Dougherty JD. (2024) Biology of Sex Differences, 15 (1), art. no. 47
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Sex Differences in Dystonia
Kilic-Berkmen G, Scorr LM, McKay L, Thayani M, Donsante Y, Perlmutter JS, Norris SA, Wright L, Klein C, Feuerstein JS, Mahajan A, Wagle-Shukla A, Malaty I, LeDoux MS, Pirio-Richardson S, Pantelyat A, Moukheiber E, Frank S, Ondo W, Saunders-Pullman R, Lohman K, Hess EJ, Jinnah HA. (2024) Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
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Sex Differences in Response Inhibition–Related Neural Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Civilians With Recent Trauma
Borst B, Jovanovic T, House SL, Bruce SE, Harnett NG, Roeckner AR, Ely TD, Lebois LAM, Young D, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI Jr, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Rathlev, NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Harte SE, Koenen KC, Kessler RC, McLean SA, Ressler KJ, Stevens JS, van Rooij SJH. (2024) Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
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Sex Differences in the Role of CNIH3 on Spatial Memory and Synaptic Plasticity
Frye HE, Izumi Y, Harris AN, Williams SB, Trousdale CR, Sun M-Y, Sauerbeck AD, Kummer TT, Mennerick S, Zorumski CF, Nelson EC, Dougherty JD, Morón JA (2021) Biological Psychiatry
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Sex-Based Analysis of De Novo Variants in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Turner TN, Wilfert AB, Bakken TE, Bernier RA, Pepper MR, Zhang Z, Torene RI, Retterer K, Eichler EE (2019), The American Journal of Human Genetics
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Sex-Based Differences in Functional Brain Activity During Working Memory in Survivors of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Gandy, K, Scoggins, MA, Phillips, N, Van Der Plas, E, Fellah, S, Jacola, LM, Pui, C-H, Hudson, MM, Reddick, WE, Sitaram, R, Krull, KR. (2022) JNCI Cancer Spectrum
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Sex-dependent effects of acute stress on amyloid-β in male and female mice
Edwards HM, Wallace CE, Gardiner WD, Doherty BM, Harrigan RT, Yuede KM, Yuede CM, Cirrito JC. Brain, 2023;, awad05
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Sex-related differences in violence exposure, neural reactivity to threat, and mental health
Dark, HE , Harnett, NG, Hurst, DR, Wheelock, MD, Wood, KH, Goodman, AM, Mrug, S, Elliott, MN, Emery, ST, Schuster, MA, Knight, DC. (2022) Neuropsychopharmacology
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Sex-specific associations between plasma interleukin-6 and depression in persons with and without HIV
Petersen KJ, Yu X, Masters MC, Lobo JD, Lu T, Letendre S, Ellis RJ, McCutchan JA, Sundermann E. (2023) Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health
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Sex-specific genetic architecture of late-life memory performance
Eissman JM, Archer DB, Mukherjee S, Lee ML, Choi S-E, Scollard P, Trittschuh EH, Mez JB , Bush WS, Kunkle BW, Naj AC , Gifford KA, Cuccaro ML, Cruchaga C, Pericak-Vance MA, Farrer LA, Wang L-S, Schellenberg GD, Mayeux RP, Haines JL, Jefferson AL, Kukull WA, Keene CD, Saykin AJ, Thompson PM, Martin ER, Bennett DA, Barnes LL, Schneider JA, Crane PK, Hohman TJ, Dumitrescu L. (2023) Alzheimer's and Dementia
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Sex-specific hypnotic effects of the neuroactive steroid (3β,5β,17β)-3-hydroxyandrostane-17-carbonitrile are mediated by peripheral metabolism into an active hypnotic steroid
Manzella FM, Cabrera OH , Wilkey D , Fine-Raquet B, Klawitter J , Krishnan K, Covey DF, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Todorovic SM. (2022) British Journal of Anaesthesia
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Sex-Specific Patterns of Body Mass Index Relationship with White Matter Connectivity
Rahmani F, Wang Q, McKay NS, Keefe S, Hantler N, Hornbeck R, Wang Y, Hassenstab J, Schindler S, Xiong C, Morris JC, Benzinger TLS, Raji CA (2022) Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
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The relevance of rich club regions for functional outcome post-stroke is enhanced in women
Bonkhoff AK , Schirmer MD , Bretzner M, Hong S, Regenhardt RW, Donahue KL, Nardin MJ, Dalca AV, Giese A-K , Etherton MR, Hancock BL, Mocking SJT, McIntosh EC, Attia J, Cole JW, Donatti A, Griessenauer CJ, Heitsch L, Holmegaard L, Jood K, Jimenez-Conde J, Kittner SJ, Lemmens R, Levi CR, McDonough CW , Meschia JF, Phuah C-L, Ropele S, Rosand J, Roquer J, Rundek T, Sacco RL, Schmidt R, Sharma P, Slowik A , Sousa A, Stanne TM, Strbian D, Tatlisumak T, Thijs V, Vagal A, Wasselius J, Woo D, Zand R, McArdle PF, Worral BB, Jern C, Lindgren AG, Maguire J, Wu O, Rost NS, the MRI-GENIE and GISCOME Investigators and the International Stroke Genetics Consortium. (2022) Human Brain Mapping
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Treating sex and gender differences as a continuous variable can improve precision cancer treatments
Yang W , Rubin JB. (2024) Biology of Sex Differences, 15 (1), art. no. 35