Testosterone Flashcards

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1
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What is testosterone?

A

steroid hormone that stimulates the development of male sexual characteristics

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2
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How much testosterone do females produce?

A

10% of whats found in males

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3
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What does the SRY gene control?

A

controls whether gonads become ovaries or testes

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4
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What does testosterone act on?

A

hypothalamus

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5
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What is testosterone associated with?

A

masculinisation of the brain - competitiveness/agression

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6
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What did Young in 1966 do?

A

gave male hormones to female mice

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What did Young find?

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the effect was irreversible suggesting testosterone is key in determining behaviour

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What did Edwards 1968 find?

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injections of testosterone in neonate female mice made them act like males

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What did Money 1972 report on?

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a sample of girls whose mothers took drugs containing testosterone during pregnancy

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What did Money find?

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that the girls exhibited male-type behaviours

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What did Deady measure?

A

testosterone levels and gave the BSRI to women between 25 and 30 years of age

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