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  2. Sexual differentiation in humans - Wikipedia

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    Male development can only occur when the fetal testis secretes key hormones at a critical period in early gestation. The testes begin to secrete three hormones that influence the male internal and external genitalia: they secrete anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Anti-Müllerian hormone causes the ...

  3. Sex differences in human physiology - Wikipedia

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    The studies often show different results about the body strength difference between the both sexes. Two studies, conducted in the four European Union countries, involving 2,000 participants (1,000 men and 1 000 women) concluded that females are 74 - 92% as strong as males, as many women (211 of 1,000) are still physically stronger than average men.

  4. Effects of hormones on sexual motivation - Wikipedia

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    Males who were exposed to scents of ovulating women recorded higher testosterone levels than males who were exposed to scents of nonovulating women. [3] Being exposed to female ovulating cues may increase testosterone, which in turn may increase males' motivation to engage in, and initiate, sexual behaviour.

  5. A hormonal condition that affects millions of women is ... - AOL

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    Doctors aren’t sure whether the hormonal dysregulation causes insulin resistance, or whether insulin resistance causes excess androgen hormones. Either way, women with PCOS have a higher risk of ...

  6. Sexual arousal - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, while watching heterosexual erotic videos, men are more influenced by the sex of the actors portrayed in the stimulus, and men may be more likely than women to objectify the actors. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] There are reported differences in brain activation to sexual stimuli, with men showing higher levels of amygdala and hypothalamic ...

  7. Neuroscience of sex differences - Wikipedia

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    Progesterone is a steroid hormone synthesized in both male and female brains. It contains characteristics found in the chemical nucleus of both estrogen and androgen hormones. [38] As a female sex hormone, progesterone is more significant in females than in males.

  8. Hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis - Wikipedia

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    HPG regulation in males, with the inhibin/activin system playing a similar role on GnRH-producing cells. The hypothalamus is located in the brain and secretes GnRH. [1] GnRH travels down the anterior portion of the pituitary via the hypophyseal portal system and binds to receptors on the secretory cells of the adenohypophysis. [2]

  9. Testosterone - Wikipedia

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    Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males. [3] In humans, testosterone plays a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues such as testicles and prostate, as well as promoting secondary sexual characteristics such as increased muscle and bone mass, and the growth of body hair.