Sex differences in brain plasticity: A new hypothesis for sex ratio bias in autism Understanding the links between sex/gender and autism Dr Meng-Chuan Lai

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mottron, Laurent ^a,b   Duret, Pauline ^a,b,c   Mueller, Sophia ^d,e,f   Moore, Robert D ^a,g   Forgeot D'Arc, Baudouin ^a,b   Jacquemont, Sebastien ^a,h,i   Xiong, Lan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

ⁱ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum; Enhanced perceptual functioning; Male bias; Perceptual associative cortex; Regional plasticity; Sex ratio; Sexual dimorphism; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CONNECTOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STRESS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84930649761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0024-1     Document Type: Review

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