Neuro science
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The following citations of research studies reveal that transgender brain activity is closer to their gender identity.
2016: A Review of the Status of Brain Structure Research in Transsexualism
PubMed Central (PMC)
A Review of the Status of Brain Structure Research in TranssexualismThe present review focuses on the brain structure of male-to-female (MtF) and female-to-male (FtM) homosexual transsexuals before and after cross-sex hormone treatment as shown by in vivo neuroimaging techniques. Cortical thickness and diffusion...
2022: Brain Sex in Transgender Women Is Shifted towards Gender Identity PubMed Central (PMC)
Brain Sex in Transgender Women Is Shifted towards Gender IdentityTransgender people report discomfort with their birth sex and a strong identification with the opposite sex. The current study was designed to shed further light on the question of whether the brains of transgender people resemble their birth sex or...
Epistemic Injustice in Brain Studies of (Trans)Gender Identity
This study undertakes an analysis of the conceptualization of gender identity in neuroscientific studies of (trans)gender identity that contrast the brains of cisgender and transgender participants. The analysis focuses on instances of epistemic...
Structural, Functional, and Metabolic Brain Differences as a Function of...
This review systematically explored structural, functional, and metabolic features of the cisgender brain compared with the transgender brain before hormonal treatment and the heterosexual brain compared to the homosexual brain from the analysis of...
Q: How does gender cognition work for woman after breast cancer related reduction surgeries?
Relevant Citations:
Bai L, Arver B, Johansson H, Sandelin K, Wickman M, Brandberg Y. Body image problems in women with and without breast cancer 6-20 years after bilateral risk-reducing surgery - A prospective follow-up study. Breast. 2019 Apr;44:120-127. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2019.01.013. Epub 2019 Feb 1. PMID: 30743225.
Brandberg Y, Sandelin K, Erikson S, Jurell G, Liljegren A, Lindblom A, Lindén A, von Wachenfeldt A, Wickman M, Arver B. Psychological reactions, quality of life, and body image after bilateral prophylactic mastectomy in women at high risk for breast cancer: a prospective 1-year follow-up study. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Aug 20;26(24):3943-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.9568. PMID: 18711183.