... hormones. The interplay of the nervous and endocrine systems and the influence of sex hormones on behavior are examined here in depth. Hormones are intimately tied to sex characteristics and to behavior. The behavioral implications of the presence or lack of certain hormones at critical periods of development is explored. Hormonal influence on female cycles, reproduction, nursing ... or estrogens, and the pregnancy hormones or progestins (Bermont & Davidson, 1974). Androgens, such as testosterone, influence the development and maintenance of the male reproductive tract, secondary sex ch...

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... When someone takes steroids there level of the clitoris and the growth of body hair. In short men can begin to achieve characteristics of women and women start to gain characteristics of men. Women are more prone to the side effects then men. Since Steroids are taken to accentuate male qualities it really ... lead to inflamation of the heart which is fatal. This can also happen at the points of the injection. Steroids do not only attack the physical qualities of people but also the psychological sid abuse of steroids can lead to homicidal rage, mania, and delusions. These are all differe...

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... predominately male hormone testosterone by producing both the androgenic and the anabolic affects that are associated with the hormone. The androgenic effects include masculine characteristics such as deepening of the voice, growth of facial hair, and the maturation of sex glands. The more desirable anabolic effects include the ... tends to be a number of users in the populations of male models and homosexuals. The main uses for anabolic steroids, then, are for physical strength and improved appearance. 3 Why the rave? Most will claim that steroid use comes from the desire to gain that...

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