NIH-funded study reveals how differences in male and female brains emerge
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
Male and female worms engage in different behaviors, which may result from sex-specific wiring patterns in the brain. Nematode worms may not be from Mars or Venus, but they do have sex-specific circuits in their brains that cause the males and females to act differently. According to new research published in Nature, scientists have determined how these sexually dimorphic (occurring in either males or females) connections arise in the worm nervous system. The research was funded by the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).