Sex differences in physiology /
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| Imprint: | London, UK : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11255759 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction for sex differences in physiology
- 2. Chromosomal and endocrinological origins of sex
- 3. Sex differences in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology : implications for brain function, behavior, and neurological disease
- 4. Sex hormone receptor expression in the immune system
- 5. Sex and gender differences in cardiovascular disease
- 6. Sex differences in pulmonary anatomy and physiology : implications for health and disease
- 7. Sex differences in renal physiology and pathophysiology
- 8. Sex differences in gastrointestinal physiology and diseases : from endogenous sex hormones to environmental endocrine disruptor agents
- 9. Sex and gender differences in body composition, lipid metabolism, and glucose regulation
- 10. Sex hormone influenced differences in skeletal muscle responses to aging and exercise
- 11. Strategies and approaches for studying sex differences in physiology
- 11.1. How to study sex differences caused by "sex chromosome effects" on tissues
- 11.2. Organizational influences of the gonadal steroid hormones : lessons learned through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis
- 11.3. Strategies and approaches for the study of activational influences of gonadal hormones on sex differences in physiology and behavior
- 11.4. Human methodologies in the study of sex differences.