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How do your hormones work? - Emma Bryce

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Over our lifetimes, our bodies undergo a series of extraordinary metamorphoses: we grow, experience puberty, and many of us reproduce. Behind the scenes, the endocrine system works constantly to orchestrate these changes. Emma Bryce explains how this system regulates everything from your sleep to the rhythm of your beating heart, exerting its influence over each and every one of your cells.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Emma Bryce
Director
Daniel Gray
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Producer
Daniel Gray
Editor
Daniel Gray
Compositor
Daniel Gray
Designer
Daniel Gray
Art Director
Daniel Gray
Storyboard Artist
Daniel Gray
Illustrator
Daniel Gray
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott, Elizabeth Cox
Fact-Checker
Laura Shriver

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