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

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

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

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

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