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Series Preface | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
The Author | p. xv |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The male and his muse | p. 1 |
The background | p. 3 |
Hormones | p. 3 |
The central nervous system | p. 8 |
Interactions between hormones and neurotransmitters | p. 21 |
Neuroscience methods | p. 21 |
The rules | p. 22 |
Bibliography and recommended readings | p. 24 |
A historical perspective | p. 27 |
The rise of modern science | p. 31 |
Conclusions | p. 36 |
Bibliography and recommended readings | p. 36 |
Brain structure: The architecture of difference | p. 39 |
Development of the brain | p. 40 |
Sexual dimorphism in the CNS | p. 42 |
Regional differences | p. 46 |
Evidence from other species | p. 51 |
Structural changes in the adult brain | p. 54 |
Conclusions | p. 54 |
Bibliography and recommended readings | p. 56 |
Functional differences: Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators | p. 59 |
Estrogen, progesterone, androgens, and their receptors in the CNS | p. 60 |
Methods for identifying receptors in the CNS | p. 61 |
Estrogen receptors | p. 62 |
Progesterone receptors | p. 64 |
"The knockout model" | p. 65 |
GABA | p. 66 |
Serotonin | p. 68 |
Dopamine | p. 70 |
Cannabinoids | p. 75 |
Measures of global function | p. 76 |
Evidence from EEG studies | p. 81 |
Evidence from evoked potential studies | p. 83 |
Evidence from scan studies | p. 84 |
Conclusions | p. 86 |
Bibliography and recommended readings | p. 86 |
Perception and cognition | p. 91 |
IQ: When is a difference not a difference? | p. 93 |
Visual perception | p. 96 |
Color: Perception and preference | p. 106 |
Auditory perception | p. 107 |
The senses of small and taste | p. 108 |
A word about touch | p. 112 |
Numbers and sums | p. 112 |
Memory | p. 113 |
Conclusions | p. 119 |
Bibliography and recommended readings | p. 120 |
Laterality | p. 125 |
Parallel processing and hemispheric advantage | p. 126 |
Understanding language | p. 128 |
Emotion and laterality | p. 135 |
Laterality, the menstrual cycle, and hemispheric advantage | p. 137 |
Two theoretical perspectives on laterality | p. 139 |
Conclusions | p. 144 |
Bibliography and recommended readings | p. 146 |
Neurology, Psychiatry, and the female brain | p. 149 |
Neurology | p. 149 |
Chronic headaches | p. 150 |
Stroke | p. 151 |
Chronic pain | p. 151 |
Stress | p. 152 |
Sleep | p. 155 |
Multiple sclerosis | p. 156 |
Epilepsy | p. 163 |
Parkinson's disease | p. 166 |
Alzheimer's disease and aging | p. 169 |
Psychiatry | p. 172 |
Depression | p. 172 |
Anxiety | p. 176 |
Schizophrenia | p. 178 |
Conclusions | p. 184 |
Bibliography and recommended readings | p. 185 |
Drugs and drug effects | p. 193 |
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics | p. 195 |
Drug entry into the CNS | p. 198 |
Drug administration in pregnancy and lactation | p. 199 |
Drug treatment of neurological disorders | p. 200 |
Pain and analgesia | p. 200 |
Migraine | p. 201 |
Neurodegeneration | p. 201 |
Parkinson's disease | p. 205 |
Alzheimer's disease | p. 206 |
Multiple sclerosis | p. 208 |
Epilepsy | p. 208 |
Drug treatment of psychiatric disorders | p. 210 |
Anxiety | p. 210 |
Depression | p. 216 |
Psychosis | p. 219 |
The nontherapeutic use of drugs | p. 221 |
Conclusions | p. 225 |
Bibliography and recommended readings | p. 226 |
Into the twenty-first century | p. 233 |
The story to date | p. 234 |
Pregnancy and the brain | p. 237 |
Instructions for using the female brain | p. 237 |
Pursuing the future | p. 238 |
Changing the outcomes | p. 240 |
Bibliography and references | p. 242 |
Index | p. 243 |
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