Chapter 40 - Animal Hormones - 40.4 - Hormones Regulate Metabolism and the Internal Environment - 40.4 Recap - Learning Outcomes - Page 864: 4

Production of sex steroids drastically increases during puberty, which is initiated by decreased sensitivity of hypothalamic GnRH-producing cells to negative feedback from both sex steroids and gonadotropins. GnRH production increases as a result, which in turn stimulates increased production of both gonadotropins and sex steroids.

Production of sex steroids drastically increases during puberty, which is initiated by decreased sensitivity of hypothalamic GnRH-producing cells to negative feedback from both sex steroids and gonadotropins. GnRH production increases as a result, which in turn stimulates increased production of both gonadotropins and sex steroids.