PSY 3061 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gonadotropin, Secondary Sex Characteristic, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
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[sex hormones are released by endocrine glands, affect organs] Hormones are chemicals that are synthesized and excreted by glands of the endocrine (any structure that is a gland) system into the circulatory system (blood): once circulating, hormones can reach distant organs or other glands. Different secretions from cell spread throughout blood vessel to organs. Sex hormones are released by endocrine glands, affect organs. Organ will change depending on the secretion. Categories of sex hormones: androgens, estrogens, progestogens. Important for preparing uterus and breasts for pregnancy (ex. progesterone). Gonads: testes release more testosterone, ovaries release more estradiol, brain has the power to ramp up or down the release of hormones. Sex hormones can direct changes in physical structures as well as behavior: broadly, we distinguish these effects by . Long-lasting structural changes, most prominent in early development. Temporary effects, typically not limited to specific time-periods: seen more in behavior (adolescence, etc, what happens depends on when it occurs timing is everything!
