Brain-based Sex Differences in Depression: A Systematic Review of Neuroimaging Studies.

ABSTRACT: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric illness with a wide range of symptoms such as mood decline, loss of interest, and feelings of guilt and worthlessness. Women develop depression more often than men, and the diagnostic criteria for depression mainly rely on female patients' symptoms. By contrast, male depression usually manifests as anger attacks, aggression, substance use, and risk-taking behaviors. Various studies have focused on the neuroimaging findings in psychiatric disorders for a better understanding of their underlying mechanisms. With this review, we aimed to summarize the existing literature on the neuroimaging findings in depression, separated by male and female subjects. A search was conducted on PubMed and Scopus for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), func

SUBMITTER: Mohammadi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10102695 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature