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Foxp2 Protein Findings Could Lead To Greater Understanding Of Sex Differences In Language Acquisition

SOURCE:    Medical News Today

DATE: February 21, 2013

EXCERPT:  "Male rat pups have more of a specific brain protein associated with language development than females, according to a study [that] also found sex differences in the brain protein in a small group of children. The findings may shed light on sex differences in communication in animals and language acquisition in people."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Bowers JM, Perez-Pouchoulen M, Edwards NS, McCarthy MM.  Foxp2 mediates sex differences in ultrasonic vocalization by rat pups and directs order of maternal retrieval.  J Neurosci. 2013 Feb 20;33(8):3276-83.

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Male Spatial Superiority May Be A Result Of Natural Selection

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: February 21, 2013

EXCERPT: "Males and females differ in a lot of traits (besides the obvious ones) and some evolutionary psychologists have proposed hypotheses to explain why. Some argue, for example, that males' slight, but significant, superiority in spatial navigation over females - a phenomenon demonstrated repeatedly in many species, including humans - is probably "adaptive," meaning that over the course of evolutionary history the trait gave males an advantage that led them to have more offspring than their peers."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Clint EK, Sober E, Garland T Jr, Rhodes JS.  Male superiority in spatial navigation: adaptation or side effect?   Q Rev Biol. 2012 Dec;87(4):289-313. Review.

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Stressed-Out Women May Be More Sensitive to Sounds

SOURCE:  MedlinePLus.g

ov - HealthDay

DATE: February 3, 2013

EXCERPT: "Emotionally exhausted women are much more sensitive to sounds when they are stressed, according to a new study.

For some of these women, even a normal conversation can be painful, Swedish researchers found. Doctors may need to consider patients' stress and exhaustion levels when treating hearing problems, the study suggests."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Hasson D, Theorell T, Bergquist J, Canlon B. Acute stress induces hyperacusis in women with high levels of emotional exhaustion.  PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e52945.

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Researcher Finds Gender Differences In Seasonal Auditory Changes

SOURCE:  Medical

News Today

DATE: December 13, 2013

EXCERPT:  "Auditory systems differ between sexes in sparrows depending on the season, a Georgia State University neuroscientist has found. The work adds to our knowledge of how the parts of the nervous system, including that of humans, are able to change." more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Gall MD, Salameh TS, Lucas JR.  Songbird frequency selectivity and temporal resolution vary with sex and season.  Proc Biol Sci. 2013 Jan 22;280(1751):20122296.

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Gall MD, Salameh TS, Lucas JR.

Male Hormones Control Differences In Mammary Gland Nerve Growth

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: December 11, 2012

EXCERPT: "Johns Hopkins scientists have found a surprising mechanism that gives male sex hormones like testosterone control over the gender-specific absence or presence of mammary gland nerves that sense the amount of milk available in breast milk ducts. ... " ... [David Ginty] noting that "it will be interesting to see if similar mechanisms create other sex-specific differences in neural wiring, including those that affect general behavior." " more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Liu Y, Rutlin M, Huang S, Barrick CA, Wang F, Jones KR, Tessarollo L, Ginty DD. Sexually dimorphic BDNF signaling directs sensory innervation of the mammary gland. Science. 2012 Dec 7;338(6112):1357-60.

 

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Gender Difference Reported In Brain Damage From Sleep Apnea

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: December 6, 2012

EXCERPT: "Women suffering from sleep apnea have, on the whole, a higher degree of brain damage than men with the disorder, ... "  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Macey PM, Kumar R, Yan-Go FL, Woo MA, Harper RM. Sex differences in white matter alterations accompanying obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep. 2012 Dec 1;35(12):1603-13.


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Gender Differences Discovered In Exploration Of The Visual World

SOURCE: Medical News today

DATE: December 4, 2012

EXCERPT: "Everyone knows that men and women tend to hold different views on certain things. However, new research by scientists from the University of Bristol and published in PLoS ONE indicates that this may literally be the case."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Mercer Moss FJ, Baddeley R, Canagarajah N. Eye movements to natural images as a function of sex and personality. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e47870.


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Lack Of Sleep Leaves Men Hungrier, Prevents Women Feeling Full

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: December 2, 2012

EXCERPT: "Sleeping more at night may result in reduced food intake, however, the hormonal process is experienced by men and women differently." more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:  

St-Onge MP, O'Keeffe M, Roberts AL, Roychoudhury A, Laferrère B. Short sleep duration, glucose dysregulation and hormonal regulation of appetite in men and women. Sleep. 2012 Nov 1;35(11):1503-10.

 

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Gender-Based Differences Discovered In Alzheimer's Disease

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: November 27, 2012

EXCERPT:  "All patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) lose brain cells, which leads to a shrinking, or atrophy, of the brain. But the pattern of gray matter loss is significantly different in men and women, ..." more

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Presented by [Maria Vittoria Spampinato] at RSNA (Radiological Society of America) 2012, 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, 25-30 November 2012, Chicago

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Study Reveals Gender Gap in Spotting Depression

SOURCE:  MedlinePlus

DATE: November 14, 2012

EXCERPT: "People are more likely to be able to identify symptoms of depression in women than men, according to a study that looked at how gender influences public perceptions of people with depression."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Swami V. Mental health literacy of depression: gender differences and attitudinal antecedents in a representative british sample. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e49779.


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