UNIT 4 Flashcards
The production of steroid hormones is critical to what
Sexual differentiation
Organizational effects are effects that
steroid hormones have on the developing organism during the prenatal and perinatal period
Activational effects are effects that
steroid hormones have on post-pubertal adults
Testosterone starts to release during what weeks of pregnancy
12-17
What two proteins in the ovary repress male development ?
FOXYL 2 and FIG X
True or false: men have more white matter and cerebrospinal fluid then women
True
True or False; women have less grey matter than men
False, more grey matter
What is the Adrogen-insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
it is an X-linked mutation of the androgen receptor that results in incomplete masculinization of 46 XY individuals
What is Turner’s syndrome
An X linked DSD live female births
Individuals with TS lack or have a severely malformed what
Second sex chromosome
What is Cogenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
It is an autosomal DSD that results in a deficiency in 21-hydroxylase
Treatment to increase testosterone levels as age increases improved performance in what task
Spatial ability tasks
True or false; The nucleus of the hypothalamus is smaller in women and trans individuals then in men
True
What are glucocorticoids part of ?
the steroid hormone group
What do glucocorticoids do?
They are part of the stress response that occurs via the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
