PSY395H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: 5-Alpha-Reductase Deficiency, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Genital Tubercle
14 Jul 2015
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Test next monday: 10mc, 10fill in blank, 10sa. Negative feedback results in pulsatile release of hormone: the posterior pit is derived from base of brain. 2: neurosteroids produced by: glial cells, the hypothalamus is connected to posterior pit by: vasopressin neurons and. Short answer sample: define aromatization hypothesis and describe an experiment that supports this hypothesis: The aromatization hypo states that testosterone is converted to estradiol by the enzyme aromatase, and that the resulting estradiol acts on estrogen receptors to masculinize the brain. To test this hypothesis, one study created mice that lack aromatase (arko mice). Arko mice, there was a decreased masculinization of sexual behaviour such as intromission and mounting, while in wild type mice had typical masculinized sexual behaviour. This suggests that aromatase or the process of aromatization is necessary for masculinization of the brain. Alzheimer"s disease is different for genders and autism.
