title: Considering Sex as a Biological Variable Will Be Valuable for Neuroscience Research.
abstract: The recently implemented National Institutes of Health policy requiring that grant applicants consider sex as a biological variable in the design of basic and preclinical animal research studies has prompted considerable discussion within the neuroscience community. Here, we present reasons to be optimistic that this new policy will be valuable for neuroscience, and we suggest some ways for neuroscientists to think about incorporating sex as a variable in their research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, and r.shansky@neu.edu cwoolley@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Shansky
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 r.shansky@neu.edu cwoolley@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Catherine S
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8069-2646
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Woolley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000592:standards*; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States