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Gender differences in human cortical synaptic density
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Certain cognitive functions differ in men and women, although the anatomical and functional substrates underlying these differences remain unknown. Because neocortical activity is directly related with higher brain function, numerous studies have focused on the cerebral cortex when searching for possible structural correlates of cognitive gender differences. However, there are no studies on possible gender differences at the synaptic level. In the present work we have used stereological and correlative light and electron microscopy to show that men have a significantly higher synaptic density than women in all cortical layers of the temporal neocortex. These differences may represent a microanatomical substrate contributing to the functional gender differences in brain activity.
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- Authors
- Alonso-Nanclares, L., Gonzalez-Soriano, J., Rodriguez, J. R., & DeFelipe, J.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2008-09-23
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 38
- Pages
- 14615-14619
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2086629023
- Cited by
- 210
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 6.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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