NRSC 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Corpus Luteum, Follicular Phase
20 Mar 2017
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C orticosteroids: stress: testosterone, estrogens and progestin: sex, g lucocorticoids (cortisol/corticosterone) Increase blood glucose: accelerate protein breakdown, anti-inflammatory. S tress response: has effect on brain long term, mineralocorticoids (aldosterone) C onserve water: androgens (androstenedione, body hair in adult men and women. Tropic hormones and targets: adrenal hormones, g onadal hormones, male. P roduced in leydig cellls of testes: androgens (testosterone, g enerates secondary sex characteristics, development/differentiation of reproductive organs, muscle mass, androgens and brain, testosterone found in both males and females (more in males) Interacts with androgen receptors in brain (hyp o thalamus ) S ex motivation in both sexes: aggression, may have role in memory, male typical sexual behavior (mounting) S econdary sex characteristics: development and differentiation of reproductive organs, r eproductive cycle and sexual behavior (lordosis) If you remove ovaries, they will not show this behavior. If you remove ovaries and inject estrogen, will show behavior: e strogens and brain in rats.
