Men and women are nervous differently

Male and female brains differently perceived stress. This is reflected in how we suffer chronic diseases, such as depression, cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disorders.

That is the conclusion drawn by researchers from the Center for Women's Health Konnorovskogo and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women Hospital in Boston. The scientists used Magnetic resonance imaging To study the brain activity of healthy men and women who were shown various images that can evoke a sense of stress . Women go through these tests twice. The first time early in the menstrual cycle, and a second time during the ovulation.

In the first stage women's brains react to stressful stimuli in the same way as men. However, during ovulation, the fair sex is significantly inferior to men in the severity of the reaction.

"We were able to establish that the female body   provided endowments of natural hormones that regulate the stress response in the brain that differs from men's reactions, "- said study author Jill Goldstein. The most significant differences were reported in those areas of the brain that control the activation reaction. The discovery of scientists suggests that gender differences in the reactions of male and female organisms stress   regulated by hormones, which control the reaction in the brain activation.

Jill Goldstein noted that diseases caused by stress often develop in both men and women differently. And therefore require different treatments.

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