Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed June 8, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction for sex differences in physiology -- 2. Chromosomal and endocrinological origins of sex -- 3. Sex differences in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology : implications for brain function, behavior, and neurological disease -- 4. Sex hormone receptor expression in the immune system -- 5. Sex and gender differences in cardiovascular disease -- 6. Sex differences in pulmonary anatomy and physiology : implications for health and disease -- 7. Sex differences in renal physiology and pathophysiology -- 8. Sex differences in gastrointestinal physiology and diseases : from endogenous sex hormones to environmental endocrine disruptor agents -- 9. Sex and gender differences in body composition, lipid metabolism, and glucose regulation -- 10. Sex hormone influenced differences in skeletal muscle responses to aging and exercise -- 11. Strategies and approaches for studying sex differences in physiology -- 11.1. How to study sex differences caused by "sex chromosome effects" on tissues -- 11.2. Organizational influences of the gonadal steroid hormones : lessons learned through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis -- 11.3. Strategies and approaches for the study of activational influences of gonadal hormones on sex differences in physiology and behavior -- 11.4. Human methodologies in the study of sex differences.

This book reviews the published research and methodologies concerning sex differences in normal physiology and disease and examines basic science research into sex differences in all physiological fields, including cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal physiology.

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