Material below is adapted from the SfN Short Course How to Study Male and Female Rodents, by Jill B. Becker. Short Courses are daylong scientific trainings on emerging neuroscience topics and research techniques held the day before SfN’s annual meeting.
Neurological diseases can show up at different times and with different symptoms for men and women. Yet neuroscience research, which often uses rodent models, does not always account for this diversity. Figuring out how sex differences — such as sex hormones and estrous cycles — affect research outcomes could help neuroscientists gain a greater understanding of the brain and related disorders.
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