WashU authors on topics of sex and gender in research and healthcare

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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