There are specific brain disparities between women and men, which is why the two genders are different when it comes to psychiatric disorders, depending on the patient. results of a study published in the journal Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Researchers at Amen Clinis in the United States analyzed 46,034 images of the brains of 119 healthy volunteers and 26,683 patients with various psychiatric conditions such as brain trauma, bipolar disorders, mood disorders, blood disorders schizophrenia, psychotic disorders and a attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A total of 128 brain regions were studied for the subjects during a concentration task.
The brains of women and men do not work the same
The researchers conducted this study to understand the differences between men and women, because brain disorders do not affect men and women alike. Women have much higher rates of Alzheimer’s disease, depression, which is itself a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, and anxiety disorders, while men have higher rates of ADHD, and behavioral disorders.
“This is a very important study to help understand gender-based differences in the brain. The quantifiable differences we have identified between men and women are important for understanding brain disorders such as disease. Alzheimer’s The use of functional neuroimaging tools, such as SPECT, is essential to develop precision medicine brain treatments in the future “explained Daniel G. Amen, founder of Amen Clinics.
The results of the study revealed that the brains of healthy women were more active in all areas observed than that of healthy men. For the participants with mental disorders, brain activity was particularly dense in the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain associated with concentration and control of emotions, as well as in the limbic system, the heart of anxiety and pain. ‘mood.
On the other hand, for men, the centers of vision, in the occipital lobe, and those of coordination, orchestrated by the temporal lobe, which is also involved in many cognitive functions (hearing, language, memory and vision of forms complexes), were more active than in women.
These results partly explain why women are more empathetic, intuitive, and involved, show more team spirit and self-control, and why they are more susceptible to anxiety, depression, at theinsomnia and to trubles of eating behavior.
“Taking into account these differences between men and women at the level of the brain could be useful for research, in particular as regards the Alzheimer’s disease“, concludes the study.
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