Insight into Brain Sex Differences of Typically Developed Infants: A
Systematic Review
Abstract :The human brain encodes gender differences. This fact has been gradually
expanded from the realm of the hypothalamus and sexual behavior to the
whole brain with its different lobes, structures, and functions, by the
influence of the constantly advancing neuroscientific and imaging
research. However, less is known about sex differences in the brains of
neonates and infants, despite their relevance to various sex-linked
diseases that develop early in life. In this review, we provide a
synopsis of the literature evidence on sex differences in the brains of
neonates and infants at the morphological, structural, and network
levels. We also briefly overview the present evidence on the sex bias in
some brain disorders affecting infants and neonates.