Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Mod 5 - Coggle Diagram
Mod 5
Neural Bases of Gender
Health Disorders
Males 2x more likely Parkinsons
Women more susceptible to Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and MS
Women 2x more likely depression and anxiety, men more likely to suffer from birth-puberty
Developmental
Tourettes-90% males, Autisim-80% males, ADHD-80% males, Schiz.-73%males, Anorexia-93% females, Anxiety-67% females
Behavioral traits
Aggression: Physical (M) Verbal (F)
Mental rotation task (and math test higher in M)
Agreeableness, neuroticism, people vs. things (higher in F)
Mental Health
Depression: 2:1 F to M ratio (entire lifespan)
Gender specific symptoms: Adolescence: (F) guilt, bodily dissatisfaction, self-disappointment, feelings of failure
(M) anhedonia, morning depressed mood, morning fatigue
-
-
Parental Behavior :
-
Core Neural Circuits
Medial Preoptic Area (MPOA)
dominant role in maternal motivation
electrical & excitotoxic amino acid lesions of MPOA disrupts all aspects of maternal behavior exception retrieval for food
Fos protein (neuronal activation) expressed in MPOA during MB
Inactivation disrupts MB in mice, sheep, and hamsters
Infant induced activation of MPOA exerts dual effect- decrease in avoidance behavior & increase in approach and attraction
Mechanisms MPOA may stimulate VTA-DA neurons still unknown. Neuropeptides galanin shown to be a
factor for maternal & paternal behaviors
-