
When We Change
How We're Wired
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What Are the Sex Hormones?
Hormones are chemical substances that can act as messengers in the body. Crucially, they can be made in one part of the body and travel in the bloodstream or sap if you're a tree. Over 50 hormones have been identified in humans so far; gonadal hormones produced in testes and ovaries. In males, testosterone is released from the developing testes and binds to receptors around the body causing secondary sex characteristics like growing in Adam's apple. For females, Easter diol pushes forward the development of secondary sex characteristics such as widening of hips. Both estrogen and testosterone are known to affect mental health. Low testosterone is associated with fatigue, depression, and anxiety,. low or just
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