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Background: Matrescence, like adolescence, is a critical period for neurodevelopment characterized by hormonal changes that reshape the brain in preparation for new experiences and subsequent learning. Women exhibit greater age-matched Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk than men, yet little is known about long-term neurological health consequences of reproduction (Buckley, 2019), the defining biological difference between the sexes. We tested the hypothesis that greater number of months pregnant would be positively associated with cortical thickness (CT), particularly in regions within the default mode network (DMN).
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December 2024
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Background: Hormone therapy (HT) is often used to manage symptoms related to menopause, but its longer-term effects on depressive symptoms in older women remains unclear. Previous literature reports inconclusive results on whether HT use is protective against or associated with increased depressive symptoms over time in older women. The objective of this study was to examine the associations of self-reported HT use with baseline and longitudinal later life depressive symptoms.
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December 2024
Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology, School of Science and Engineering, American University in Cairo, AUC Avenue, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-leading cause of death among neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease (AD), affecting around 2% of the population. It is expected that the incidence of PD will exceed 12 million by 2040. Meanwhile, there is a recognized difference in the phenotypical expression of the disease and response to treatment between men and women.
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November 2024
Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Glioblastoma (GBM) displays significant gender disparities, being 1.6 times more prevalent in men, with a median survival time of 15.0 months for males compared to 25.
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January 2025
Inflammation and Immune-Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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