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It's been proposed that studying male vs female changes in brain-behaviour interactions are vital for the progression of drug development in psychiatric disorders. Indeed, these differences are abundant in neuroscience research, so much so that the NIH has mandated that all new grant proposals must measure differences between males vs females. But are these mandates really necessary? 

We discuss the pros vs cons of including males and females in neuroscience experiments. What is the depth of these differences? Are male vs female comparisons necessary for neuroscience to progress? 

Open access articles: 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S107474272030126X

& 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-020-05542-8?utm_source=toc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=toc_213_237_8&utm_content=etoc_springer_20200711

Additional resources: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00677-x

https://massivesci.com/articles/neuroscience-sex-differences-feminism-stem-brain-research/

https://www.wired.com/story/a-study-finds-sex-differences-in-the-brain-does-it-matter/

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