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  2. 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 ...

  3. Anabolism - Wikipedia

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    Anabolic processes build organs and tissues. These processes produce growth and differentiation of cells and increase in body size, a process that involves synthesis of complex molecules. Examples of anabolic processes include the growth and mineralization of bone and increases in muscle mass.

  4. 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.

  5. List of androgens and anabolic steroids - Wikipedia

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    However, these progestins are testosterone derivatives and do have significant androgenic/anabolic activity, sometimes producing acne and other mild androgenic effects in women. Conversely, in men, these drugs may actually have functional antiandrogen effects due to their potent progestogenic and hence antigonadotropic activity and capacity to ...

  6. NCAA banned substances - Wikipedia

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    Anabolic agents, or Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS), are any of a group of synthetic or natural steroid hormones that builds muscle by mimicking or increasing male-producing characteristics, such as testosterones. Anabolic agents are abused by athletes in training to increase the size and strength of their muscles.

  7. As more women turn to testosterone, here's what to know ... - AOL

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    Testosterone is an essential hormone for both men and women, playing an important role in muscle growth and cognitive function. Low levels of the hormone can lead to changes in mood, cognition and ...

  8. Sexual stimulation - Wikipedia

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    Sexual stimulation is anything that leads to sexual arousal or orgasm.This thing can be physical or of other senses, and is known as a stimulus.. Sexual stimulation is a broad term, usually understood to mean physical touching of the genitals or other body parts.

  9. List of human hormones - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of hormones found in Homo sapiens.Spelling is not uniform for many hormones. For example, current North American and international usage uses [citation needed] estrogen and gonadotropin, while British usage retains the Greek digraph in oestrogen and favours the earlier spelling gonadotrophin.