功能性大脑网络与儿童的性别和性别特征均相关

Functional Brain Networks are Associated with Both Sex and Gender in Children

——原载《科学进展》2024年第10卷第28期——

<Science Advances>, Volume 10, Issue 28, 2024

【摘要】性别和性别特征与人类整个生命周期的行为以及健康和疾病有关，但它们是否与相似或不同的神经表型相关尚不清楚。我们通过本文证明，在儿童中，性别和性别特征独特地反映在大脑的内在功能连接中。躯体运动、视觉、控制和边缘网络优先与性别相关，而性别的网络关联则更多地分布在整个皮层中。这些结果表明，性别和性别特征不仅在社会中，而且在生物学中也是不可分割的。

[Abstract] Sex and gender are associated with human behavior throughout the life span and across health and disease, but whether they are associated with similar or distinct neural phenotypes is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that, in children, sex and gender are uniquely reflected in the intrinsic functional connectivity of the brain. Somatomotor, visual, control, and limbic networks are preferentially associated with sex, while network correlates of gender are more distributed throughout the cortex. These results suggest that sex and gender are irreducible to one another not only in society but also in biology.

论文原文：Elvisha Dhamala, Dani S. Bassett H, B.T. Thomas Yeo, And Avram J. Holmes (2024). Functional brain networks are associated with both sex and gender in children. Science Advances, Vol 10, Issue 28. 12 Jul 2024.

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adn4202

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