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WHAT IS ANDROPAUSE?As we progress from youth to senior, the most important transforming factors are hormones. Both men and women have hormonal control occurring in the brain, and more specifically in the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus detects that levels of the hormone testosterone are inadequate. It sends a message to the pituitary gland via gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). The pituitary receives the message of low testosterone from GnRH and releases luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) at hourly intervals. The FSH stimulates the Leydig cells in the testes (testicles) to produce more testosterone. Once levels of testosterone are adequate, the hypothalamus will stop sending GnRH to the pituitary. The process is called a feedback system. 
BRAIN: hypothalamus  GnRH pituitary gland: FSH and LH TESTES: Leydig cells Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone |
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