Sex Differences in Human Brain Structure at Birth
Our findings demonstrate that sex differences in brain structure are already present at birth and remain comparatively stable during early postnatal development, highlighting an important role of prenatal factors in shaping sex differences in the brain.
Authors
- Deepak Srivastava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3480-5953)
- Adam Pavlinek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0138-8321)
- Varun Warrier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4532-8571)
- Richard A. I. Bethlehem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0714-0685)
- Daniel H. Geschwind (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2896-3450)
- Marcin A. Radecki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8702-2381)
- John Suckling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5098-1527)
- Moji G. Musa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6087-5429)
- Laura Sichlinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1359-9633)
- David M. Greenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-2352)
- Alexandra Havdahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9268-0423)
- Xinhe Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6634-1287)
- Simon Baron‐Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9217-2544)
- Lucia Dutan Polit
- Meng‐Chuan Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9593-5508)
- David H. Rowitch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0079-0060)
- Dorothea L. Floris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-6821)
- Jonathan S. Mill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-3224)
- Topun Austin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8428-8624)
- Joseph T. Sakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1600-6100)
- Elizabeth Weir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5434-9193)
- Deep Adhya
- Carrie Allison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2272-2090)
- Florina Uzefovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4571-2514)
- Matthew E. Hurles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2333-7015)
- Hilary C. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4454-9084)
- Alex Tsompanidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7338-6536)
- Lena Dorfschmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0447-1104)
- Yuanjun Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-0010)
- Alexander E. P. Heazell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4303-7845)
- Rosemary Holt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-0977)
- Madeline A. Lancaster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2324-8853)
- Alice Franklin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9793-582X)
- Lidia V. Gabis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1612-5487)
- Whitney Cowell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1824-3356)
- Kathy K. Niakan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1646-4734)
- Michael Lombardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6780-8619)
- Yumnah T. Khan
- José M. González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5569-0705)
- Jonathan P. Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9954-1565)
- Tal Biron-Shental
- Graham J. Burton
- Rosie Bamford
- Bonnie Ayeung
Institutions
- IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (IT)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biology of Sex Differences
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-024-00657-5
- Citations
- 19
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 21.08
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
- Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
- Medical Research Council
- Trinity College, University of Cambridge
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre