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ey0017.6-18 | Transgender Medicine: Brain and Psychology | ESPEYB17

6.18. Cross sex hormone treatment is linked with a reversal of cerebral patterns associated with gender dysphoria to the baseline of cisgender controls

LA Kilpatrick , M Holmberg , A Manzouri , I Savic

To read the full abstract: Eur J Neurosci. 2019, Oct; 50: 3269-81. doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ejn.14420This longitudinal study investigated the effects of cross-sex hormone treatment on brain morphology in 40 transgender men and 24 transgender women with gender dysphoria. The MRI changes were related to body perception as assessed by questionnaire...

ey0015.6-2 | Gender dysphoria: New mechanisms | ESPEYB15

6.2 Structural connections in the brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation

SM Burke , AH Manzouri , I Savic

To read the full abstract: Sci Rep. 2017 Dec 20;7(1):17954[Comments on 6.1 and 6.2] Gender dysphoria (GD) is still an enigma when it comes to the biological background and pathophysiology. Many different theories have been put forward but none is yet prevailing due to a poor evidence base. Earlier anatomical studies searching for gend...