Brain charts for neuroanatomical sex differences across the human lifespan
Margaret Gardner, Lena Dorfschmidt, Dabriel Zimmerman, Sheila Shanmugan, Jakob Seidlitz, Richard A. I. Bethlehem, Laura Pritschet, Andrew A Chen, Armin Raznahan, Russell Taki Shinohara, Aaron F. Alexander‐Bloch, the Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Neuroimaging Initiative
The paper models age-varying sex differences in brain structure using MRI data from 100,000 individuals, showing consistent sex biases that increase with age and are influenced by neuropsychiatric disorders.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience