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ReviewFrontiers in neuroendocrinology2014

Sex differences in anxiety and depression clinical perspectives.

Margaret Altemus, Nilofar Sarvaiya, C Neill Epperson

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Review in Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 705 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
705citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
31.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

705 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,377 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Margaret AltemusDepartment of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, United States; Department of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, United States. Electronic address: maltemus@med.cornell.edu.
Nilofar SarvaiyaNorth Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Zucker-Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, United States.
C Neill EppersonDepartment of Psychiatry, Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Penn Center for the Study of Sex and Gender in Behavioral Health, University of Pennsylvania, United States.
Cornell University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USZucker Hillside Hospital · US

Funding

Prepubertal Stress, Windows of Risk & Sex Bias for Affective DisturbanceP50MH099910 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EPPERSON, C. NEILL · 2012 to 2017
$6.5M
Reversing Impact of Childhood Adversity on MDD & Cognitive Decline in MenopauseR01AG048839 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EPPERSON, C. NEILL · 2014 to 2015
$630k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG048839NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA03031NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH099910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sex differences are prominent in mood and anxiety disorders and may provide a window into mechanisms of onset and maintenance of affective disturbances in both men and women. With the plethora of sex differences in brain structure, function, and stress responsivity, as well as differences in exposure to reproductive hormones, social expectations and experiences, the challenge is to understand which sex differences are relevant to affective illness. This review will focus on clinical aspects of sex differences in affective disorders including the emergence of sex differences across developmental stages and the impact of reproductive events. Biological, cultural, and experiential factors that may underlie sex differences in the phenomenology of mood and anxiety disorders are discussed.

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AnimalsAnxietyAnxiety DisordersDepressionHumansSex CharacteristicsStress, PsychologicalAnxietyDepressionDevelopmentHormonesPubertySex difference

Identifiers

PMID24887405
PMCPMC4890708
OpenAlexW2049163404

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