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Biological psy

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Cushing's syndrome   a long-term excess of glucocorticiods, many symptoms: depression, fatigue, hirsutism, various autonomic symptoms, and psychosis  
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Islets of Langerhans   are clusters of cells through out the pancreas that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream- hormones secreted include insulin and glucagon  
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Melatonin   is an amine hormone released by the pineal, plays a role in biological rythms, especially the timing of sleep onset  
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Pineal gland   sits atop the brainstem and in mammals is overlaid by the cerebral hemispheres. It is a signal structure  
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Gonadotopin-inhibiting hormone   hypothalamic peptide that inhibits gonadotropins  
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Ovaries   paired female gonads  
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Estrogen and Progestin   two major classes of steroid hormones that the ovary produce  
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Testes   are sperm producing sertoli cells and leydig cells, which produce and secrete the sex steroid testosterone and androgens  
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Gonads   consis of two different subcompartments-one to produce hormones and another to produce gametes  
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cretinism-congenital hypothyroidism   thyroid deficiency early in life can cause marded reduction in brain size and branching of axons and dentrites  
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goiter   thyroid hormones are dependent on the supply of iodine-hyperthyroidism-driven by higher and higher TSH levels. the thyroid gland swells in its attempt to produce more thyroid hormones  
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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone TRH   stimilates the release of TSH form the pituitary  
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thyroid gland   gland that produces and secretes several hormones, two are, thyroxine and triiodothyronine  
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Androstenedione   contributes to the adultpattern of body hair in men and women  
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Mineralocorticoids   have effects on minerals such as sodium and potassium.  
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Aldosterone   the primary mineralocorticiod, acts on the kidneys to retain sodium and thus reduces and amount of urine produced, conserving water.  
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Cortisol   increases the level of blood glucose and accelerate the breakdown of carbohydrates, including glucose.  
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Adrenocorticoids   a variety of steroid hormones that are produced and secreted from the adrenal cortex  
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Glucocorticoids   hormones that have effects on the metabolism of carbohydrates, including glucose  
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Epinephrine & Norephinephrine   released by the adrenal medulla, amine hormones that are under the control of the sympathetic nervous system  
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Adrenal Medulla   20% of the adrenal gland, really a protion of the sympathetic nervous system because it is richly supplied with autononmic nerves  
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Adrenal Cortex   80% of the adrenal gland, is composed of distinct layers of cells, each producing different steroid hormones  
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Adrenal Gland   rests on top of each kidney, it secretes a large variety of hormones in mammals, it is divided into two major portions  
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Prolactin   it stimulates lactation in female mammals. has a number of roles in addition to its actions on breast tissue. it is closely involved in teh parental behavior of a wide variety of vertebrate species  
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Milk letdown reflex   triggered by oxytocin, the contraction of mammary gland cells that ejects mild into the breast ducts-exemplifies the relationship between behavioral and hormone release  
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Posterior pituitary gland   secretes two principal hormones, oxytocin and arginine vasopressin  
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