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Male Brains Shrink Faster Than Female Brains, Study Finds

New evidence has found that male brains really may shrink faster than female brains with age. Among 4,726 participants with ...

Men experience more brain atrophy with age despite women's higher Alzheimer's risk

Women are far more likely than men to end up with Alzheimer's disease (AD). This may, at least partially, be due to women's ...
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Men’s Brains Shrink Faster than Women’s. What That Means for Alzheimer’s

Previous research investigating sex differences in brain ageing has shown mixed results, Ravndal adds. Several studies have ...

Sex-specific differences in blood-brain barrier may elucidate why women face greater depression risk

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified. One ...

Women are more vulnerable to brain diseases - New UCLA research explains why and points to promising treatment

Women are twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS), and two-thirds experience ...

Why women's brains face higher risk: Scientists pinpoint X-chromosome gene behind MS and Alzheimer's

New research by UCLA Health has identified a sex-chromosome linked gene that drives inflammation in the female brain, ...
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Exploring the link between leaky blood-brain barrier and major depressive disorder

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified.