development are likely to be influenced by such sexspecific
developmental effects (Goldstein, 2006;
Goldstein & Walder, 2006; Goldstein et al., 2002a).
In addition to understanding the influence of differences
in the healthy female and male brain in the face
of disease, an understanding of sex-specific
brain abnormalities in schizophrenia may also provide
important aetiological clues (Goldstein
et al., 2002a).