PSYB64H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Morris Water Navigation Task, Turner Syndrome, Anterior Pituitary
12 Jul 2015
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At 6 weeks of gestation, the fetuses are all the same in gender. Testes determining factor (hormone that determines the gender of the fetus) When the hormone is not present, the fetus will be female. Normal female external genitalia, but ovaries develop abnormally. Normal intelligence, but deficits in spatial relationships and memory. Require hormone treatment at puberty to develop secondary sex characteristics and inhibit female characteristics. Normal intelligence but social awkwardness, delayed or reduced verbal skills. Do not need to know pages 294-300 for exam. Progressively been getting younger and younger over the past 150 years. Required for the synthesis of human sex hormones. Aromatization (addition of aromatase) is the only step necessary to turn testosterone into estradiol. Releases a hormone called gnrh (gonatropic releasing hormone) Anterior pituitary gland releases a hormone called lh and another called fsh. In females, lh and fsh control menstrual cycle while the fsh sends a messages for the maturation of sperm.
