Essays Tagged: "Testosterone"

The Hormonal Control of Sexual Development

. They explained how women's and men's gonads appear identical until Leydig cells, which synthesize testosterone, appear in the connective tissue. This is when differentiation begins.The mechanism tha ... result in genetic and phenotypic reproductive disorders.The other hormone secreted by the testis is testosterone. It has two functions; it promotes maturation of the spermatogenic tubules (and is ther ...

(2 pages) 31 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

The Causes of Crime. What are the causes of crime essay

that criminal activity is predisposed by human genes. Gender being the root of crime suggests that testosterone, the male hormone that causes aggressive behaviour is encouraged in male-dominated soci ... terfere with his/her lifestyle such as poverty can lead to petty theft. Scientific proof shows that testosterone does cause aggressive behaviour in males, so why does society still encourage it in you ...

(6 pages) 564 1 3.5 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Boys will be boys.

inclined to cry when they're unhappy. In the article, it is stated that "boys have higher levels of testosterone and lower levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which inhibits aggression and impul ...

(2 pages) 43 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Crimes.

ea that criminal activity is subjected by human genes. Gender being the root of crime suggests that testosterone; the male hormone that causes aggressive behavior is encouraged in male-dominated socie ... hat interfere with his/her lifestyle such as poverty can lead to theft. Scientific proof shows that testosterone does cause aggressive behavior in males, so why does society still encourage it in youn ...

(6 pages) 112 0 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Anabolic Steroid Use in the Olympics.

sports. Anabolic steroids belong to a group of androgenic drugs. They are synthetic derivatives of testosterone and other male hormones. Most healthy adult males produce 2-10 milligrams of testostero ... muscles, bones, and skin. They can also affect aggressiveness and sex drive. Steroids tend to mimic testosterone's body building traits, while minimizing the masculine effect. The adrenal glands in wo ...

(8 pages) 94 0 3.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

This paper is about drugs and athletes in todays society

ports is cheating, its wrong and most importantly, its illegal.Steroids are man-made derivatives of testosterone, the male hormone. For performance enhancement, anabolic steroids are today's athletes ... ogether. Anabolic refers to the ability of steroids to build up muscle tissue and stimulate growth. Testosterone came into sports when Russian weight lifters discovered them in the 1940's and 1950's.S ...

(5 pages) 81 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Drugs and their influence on sports today

performance but the most controversial one is anabolic androgen steroids, which are a derivation of testosterone. But many of the negative results that occur because of the use of steroids are similar ... . The Anabolic Steroids and Peptide Hormones.Bahrke, M. (1993). Psychological Effects of Endogenous Testosterone and Anabolic Androgenic Steroids.Charles E. Yesalis (ed), Anabolic Steroids in Sport an ...

(6 pages) 86 1 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Discuss at least one possible cause of a named learning difficulty other than autism (e.g. dyslexia, dyscalcylia). Refer to evidence in your answer (12 marks)

lain how dyslexia may be caused by problems in the brain is Gerschwinds theory. He claims that high testosterone in the foetus could lead to damage of the left hemisphere of the brain, which ultimatel ... re of the brain, which had been caused either before or during birth. Animal studies also show that testosterone interferes with brain development in the foetus. However, there are problems with this ...

(4 pages) 35 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Anabolic Steroids

bolic steroids? This topic fits in the class because; chemists who were looking for a way to modify testosterone molecules so they would last longer discovered anabolic steroids. Also anabolic steroid ... says Dr. Wadler (Steroid World). Anabolic steroids are designed to mimic the bodybuilding traits of testosterone.Positive effects are as follows: increased muscle definition, increased muscle mass and ...

(5 pages) 101 0 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Steriod use and effects on Athletes

Understanding steroid Steroids natureSteroids that are used by athletes are the artificial form of testosterone, a human hormone released by the body to stimulate and maintain the male sexual organs. ... Greek. The body produces about 600 different kinds of steroids called androgens these kinds include testosterone. The amount of testosterone produced in males is about 10 to 15 times more than in wome ...

(14 pages) 202 1 3.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

"Depression's Double Standard"

be the likely link to women role in the onset of depression. Men, on the other hand is protected by testosterone, which promotes activity, protects men against depression. So we're really nowhe ...

(3 pages) 99 2 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Steroids and Athletes... the different affects different steroids have on the human body, and how it is related to our althletes.

are steroids? Steroids are drug or hormonal substances chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone (other than estrogen, progestins, and corticosteroids), that promotes muscle growth. Th ... strenol (Maxibolin), fluoxymesterone (Halotestin), methandriol, methandrostenolone (Dianabol), Depo-Testosterone Android - 25 (mehyltestosterone), nandrolone (Durabolin, Deca-Durabolin), oxandrolone ( ...

(4 pages) 52 0 4.2 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Gender role

e while women have both "X" chromosome. Second, there is hormonal difference between men and women. Testosterone (aggression) and androgen are higher in men while estrogen and others are higher in wom ...

(2 pages) 57 0 4.0 May/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Raising Boys

area' and explains that the reason for this is because of the slow development of a boys brain. The testosterone in boys slows down growth while the oestrogen in girls actually speeds up the growth of ...

(7 pages) 36 0 4.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Steroid in sport.

at are abused to build muscle mass or to make your workout longer. They are chemicals of artificial testosterone, which is a male hormone. With higher testosterone you can have more physique and body ... mones just like the anabolic steroids.They way they think andro works is your body converts it into testosterone. If the theory is true then andro would be just like regular anabolic steroids. There h ...

(3 pages) 43 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Anabolic Steroids & Testosterone Boosting Supplements.

t several decades (Schwarzenegger, 227).The use of anabolic steroids by athletes is relatively new. Testosterone was first synthesized in the 1930's and was introduced into the sporting arena in the 1 ... g arena in the 1940's and 1950's. When the Russian weightlifting team thanks, in part, to synthetic testosterone walked off with a pile of medals at the 1952 Olympics, an American physician determined ...

(5 pages) 40 1 4.8 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Steriods and Baseball

steroids worth overlooking the disadvantages?Anabolic steroids resemble the male hormones, such as testosterone. These are the type of steroids that are used by athletes. Using this type of steroid i ...

(4 pages) 75 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

BIRTHDAY ESSAY

ou know him) and myself went to my cabin for a weekend of hunting, fishing, drinking and all-around testosterone indulgence. It happened to fall on the magic date and I declared that it would have to ...

(3 pages) 4621 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Anabolic Steroids and The User

Anabolic steroids are performance enhancing drugs. They are a synthetic form of the chemical testosterone that is normally found in the body. By taking anabolic steroids, a person’s testos ... son’s testosterone level can be raised up to 100 times than the normal amount. The increase in testosterone increases anabolic activity, resulting in greater muscle bulk. Athletes participate in ...

(5 pages) 26 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Untitled

Georgie is told to be an animal driven by his own raging hormones, victim to his own vulgarity and testosterone.Other Guy seems to be more of a romantic, a guy who cherishes his women. He is a man kn ...

(3 pages) 908 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community