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Abnormal and Behavioural Psychology

ISSN: 2472-0496

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Dehydroepiandrosterone

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is an endogenous Steroid Hormone, also known as androstenolone, and precursor. . DHEA is produced in the adrenal glands, the gonads, and the brain. This Hormone is important for creating oestrogen and androgen sex hormones and contributes to the development of so-called androgenic effects, or masculinization. These changes include the production of oilier skin, changes in body odour, and the growth of armpit and pubic hair. It is one of the most abundant circulating steroids in humans. This functions as a metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of the androgen and oestrogen sex steroids both in the gonads and in various other tissues. However, DHEA also has a variety of potential biological effects in its own right, binding to an array of nuclear and cell surface receptors, and acting as a neurosteroid and modulator of neurotrophic factor receptors.

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