Male and Female brains are built from different genetic blueprints


	Male and Female brains are built from different genetic blueprints

arifsali

7-22-2008 1:41 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/993aa735-247e-4000-a1ee-00782d41c4d8/031E1CE7-8DC4-45E5-87D3-369A40718761/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100898" href="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100898" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mcgill.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100898"><H2 class="entry-title">Brains apart: the real difference between the sexes</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100898">Research is revealing that male and female brains are built from
markedly different genetic blueprints, which create numerous
anatomical differences. There are also differences in the circuitry
that wires them up and the chemicals that transmit messages between
neurons. All this is pointing towards the conclusion that there is
not just one kind of human brain, but two. The research contradicts
the long-held theory that the differences in the way the sexes
think are caused by social pressure and upbringing, or the action
of sex hormones. The gender gap has only just come to light because
neuroscientists have traditionally carried out their studies on
male brains, be they animal or human. Pain researcher, Jeff Mogil,
of McGill University said: 'It's scandalous. 'Women are the most
common pain sufferers, and yet our model for basic pain research is
the male rat.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/031E1CE7-8DC4-45E5-87D3-369A40718761/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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