TY - BOOK ID - 8434427 TI - Biological basis of sex differences in psychopharmacology AU - Neill, Jo C. AU - Kulkarni, Jayashri. PY - 2011 SN - 3642200052 3642200060 PB - Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Developmental neurobiology. KW - Neurons -- physiology. KW - Psychopharmacology. KW - Psychophysiology. KW - Mental illness KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Central Nervous System KW - Epidemiologic Factors KW - Gonadal Hormones KW - Therapeutics KW - Nervous System KW - Quality of Health Care KW - Hormones KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Public Health KW - Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Anatomy KW - Health Care KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Sex Factors KW - Brain KW - Mental Disorders KW - Drug Therapy KW - Gonadal Steroid Hormones KW - Medicine KW - Psychiatry KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Psychiatry - General KW - Neurology KW - Physiological aspects KW - Psychopharmacology KW - Reproductive health. KW - Sex differences. KW - Human reproduction KW - Human reproductive health KW - Human reproductive medicine KW - Reproductive medicine KW - Behavioral pharmacology KW - Drugs KW - Health aspects KW - Psychotropic effects KW - Medicine. KW - Pharmacy. KW - Neurosciences. KW - Endocrinology. KW - Psychiatry. KW - Reproductive medicine. KW - Biomedicine. KW - Reproductive Medicine. KW - Health KW - Chemotherapy KW - Pharmacology KW - Psychotropic drugs KW - Chemistry KW - Materia medica KW - Internal medicine KW - Medicine and psychology KW - Mental health KW - Psychology, Pathological KW - Neural sciences KW - Neurological sciences KW - Neuroscience KW - Medical sciences KW - Nervous system KW - Endocrinology . UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8434427 AB - Sex matters! Are there differences between the sexes when it comes to brain function and the behaviours that result? This volume attempts to answer this fundamental question. If the answer is ‘yes’ then this should impact upon our approach to treating mental illness in humans, and to modelling it in animals, as we look for aetiological and pharmacological solutions. This volume covers two main aspects of research into sex differences in psychopharmacology: preclinical research, and clinical work in this area. The first part of the volume deals with the preclinical research, and explains how male and female animals differ in their sexual behaviour, drug dependence, cognition, genetics and stress reactivity, with an introductory chapter explaining basic mechanisms of sex steroid action in the body and brain. The second part focuses on the importance of improved understanding of sex differences in our approach to the treatment of psychiatric illness. This includes illnesses such as autism, anorexia, depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. This volume will be of considerable interest to mental health professionals, including psychiatrists , nurses , allied health clinicians and pharmacists. It will also be helpful and important for preclinical researchers working in neuroscience, psychopharmacology and reproductive endocrinology. . ER -