Central and Peripheral Nervous Disorders

Abstract

There is increasing attention on determinants of health including not only the genetic and biological differences between males and females defining what we usually call “sex” but also psychological, environmental, and sociocultural factors that define what is commonly called “gender” and which may affect disproportionally men’s and women’s health. “Dimorphic neurology” focuses on differences between men and women in the causes, manifestations, response to treatments, and outcomes of neurological diseases. In these pages the authors focus on the implications of sex, gender, and some of the most frequent neurologic diseases, such as stroke, dementia, epilepsy, migraine, and multiple sclerosis.