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04.03.2014 |
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Lonely men have higher testosterone levels
Men who socialise more produce less testosterone than men who live an isolated existence. It's possible to deduce this from an animal study that researchers at the University of Padova in Italy published recently in Steroids.
Testosterone
Study
When, after two and six months, the researchers measured the amount of testosterone and DHEA circulating in the mice's bodies, they observed on both occasions that the mice living in isolation manufactured three times as much testosterone. The DHEA concentration was also higher in the isolated animals. So testosterone is not just the 'winners' hormone' but also the 'hormone of the lonely'.
The researchers suspect that living in groups is stressful for animals, and that this causes their testosterone level to decrease.
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