PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Late-Onset Hypogonadism, Erectile Dysfunction, Menstrual Cycle

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Yaroslavna Kadulina

Document Summary

P s y 3 1 2 2 : l e c t u r e 1 0. F r i d a y , f e b r u a r y 1 0 , 2 0 1 7. Steroid hormones: androgens and estrogens (made from carbon rings, derived from cholesterol) Peptide hormones: follicle-stimulating hormone (fsh), luteinizing hormone (lh), vasopressin, oxytocin building blocks of proteins made up of short chains of amino acids. Monoamine hormones: adrenaline and noradrenaline (derived from aromatic amino acids like tryptophan, and tyrosine) Hormones are the link between reproductive system and nervous system. Human birth rates are highest in late summer and autumn and lowest in late winter and early spring. The brain connects with the reproductive system though the hpg axis (hypothalamic pituitary gonadal) The pituitary and the hypothalamus communicate with each other and with the gonads via hormones. Once gnrt+ released from hypothalamus, it signals pituitary to produce lh/fsh.