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Sexual differentiation is the early life process by which the brain is prepared for male or female typical behaviors, and is directed by sex chromosomes, hormones and early life experiences. Scientists have recently found that innate immune cells residing in the brain, including microglia and mast cells, are more numerous in the male than female rat brain. Neuroimmune cells are also key participants in the sexual differentiation process. A single allergic reaction during pregnancy prompts sexual-development changes in the brains of offspring that last a lifetime. That is the conclusion...