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Sex-based biology shapes how the brain responds to injury
Original: How sex-based biology shapes the brain's response to injury
New research coverage explains that male and female brains differ biologically in how they react to injury, a finding with implications for treating stroke, concussion and other brain trauma. Scientists argue that accounting for sex-based differences could lead to more effective, personalised therapies, as many treatments to date have been developed largely from studies of male animals and patients.
Why now: Growing scientific attention to sex differences in medicine makes findings on brain injury biology newly relevant to treatment debates.
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- How sex-based biology shapes the brain's response to injury · Medical Xpress
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