Sex and Gender in Mental Health: Why Sex Matters

More and more people are suffering from stress and depression. To effectively help them, studies using animal models are indispensable. But how can mental health be studied in animals? And what influence does sex have on the course of the illness and its treatment? Hanna Hoernberg and Tobias Pohl provide insights into the biology of the psyche. Their research illustrates how significantly sex can impact mental health and well-being, and what new therapeutic options might result from it.

Speakers: 

Dr. Hanna Hörnberg - Research Group Leader of the "Molecular and Cellular Basis of Behavior" lab at the Max Delbrück Center 

Dr. Tobias Pohl - Max Delbrück Center 

Host: 

Dr. Jochen Müller

Berlin Brains is the joint event series of the Urania and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, the Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure, the Einstein Center for Neuroscience, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and the Collaborative Research Center 1315.