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  2. Here's Why Testosterone Is a Female Hormone, Too - AOL

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    Research on women and testosterone has been limited, but as more is done, experts are seeing that the hormone affects the female sex drive, just as it does the male. It also plays an essential ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Is Testosterone The Missing Piece Of The Menopause Puzzle? - AOL

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    The idea that testosterone could be the missing piece of the hormone therapy (HRT) jigsaw puzzle, alongside the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone, was first sparked by a change in the ...

  5. 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.

  6. List of human hormones - Wikipedia

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    5-DHT or DHT is a male reproductive hormone that targets the prostate gland, bulbourethral gland, seminal vesicles, penis and scrotum and promotes growth/mitosis/cell maturation and differentiation. Testosterone is converted to 5-DHT by 5alpha-reductase, usually with in the target tissues of 5-DHT because of the need for high concentrations of ...

  7. Sex hormone - Wikipedia

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    The metabolic clearance rate of a steroid is defined as the volume of blood that has been completely cleared of the hormone per unit time. The production rate of a steroid hormone refers to entry into the blood of the compound from all possible sources, including secretion from glands and conversion of prohormones into the steroid of interest ...