Kisspeptin a recently discovered hormone

[Kate Thomas]

Hi
This article that discusses a newly discovered hormone kisspeptin. This discovery has led to new theories of the hormone process. I think it may be of some interest.

Kate Alice


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0604300421apr30,1,1724572.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

A previously unknown hormone appears to launch puberty's sexual and mental transformation; growth hormone is made in the brain's memory center at rates up to twice as high in females as in males; and the brain's hot button for emotions, the amygdala, is wired to different parts of the brain in women and men.

Scientists hope the findings may help explain such mysteries as why females are often more verbal, more socially empathetic, more nurturing and more susceptible to depression, while males tend to be more aggressive, more outdoorsy, more focused on things than people and more vulnerable to alcohol and drug addiction

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/acrobat/2006-04/23200808.pdf

[Chaunte]

Kate Alice,

Great article.  I would love to get my brain scanned to see how it is wired.  How do you stumble on stories like this?

Chaunte

[Kate Thomas]

Thanks Chaunte

I am a member of a  yahoo transgendernews group. for one source.
lots of material, only a bit of it is note worthy. much of it tragic.
that and lots of link clicking, and google.

Hmm did i see a story about transgender mri brainscans?


Kate Alice



Posted at: April 30, 2006, 05:59:14 PMAh an unpublished study!  not quite plain english though.
http://jenellerose.com/htmlpostings/20th_century_transgender.htm

Shaffer, in an as yet unpublished study, used MRI data from a large pool of controls, MTF and FTM transsexuals to demonstrate that the corpus coliseum showed sexually dimorphic structures that, on a statistical basis, correlated with gender identity. Both Swaab's and Shaffer's work ruled out effects of hormones in adulthood.