Final Exam Flashcards
Prolactin is produced in?
Pituitary lactotropes (pars distalis)
Prolactin’s general function & actions
-mammals
-fish
-birds
-amphibians
Mammals
-lactogeneisis (milk production)
-pregnancy maintenance
-nesting and maternal behavior
Fish
-mucous production in discus fish
Birds
-crop sac milk
-brood patch formation
Amphibians
-water drive
-skin sloughing and tail regeneration
-stimulates larvae growth
Prolactin’s Regulation
-inhibited by dopamine
-GABA inhibits
-estrogen stimulates
-suckling stimulates
Prolactin’s Receptor
Cytokine receptor
a-melanocyte-stimulating hormone produced
pars intermedia of pituitary melanotropes
a-melanocyte-stimulating hormone general function and action
stimulates pigmentation
a-melanocyte-stimulating hormone regulation
-dopamine inhibits
-background color
a-melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor
G-protein coupled
Growth hormone produced
pituitary somatotropes (pars distalis)
Growth hormone general function and action
-growth
-chondrogenesis at the epiphyseal plate of bone
- stimulates lipolysis
- diabetogenic (insulin resistance)
-seawater adaption
Growth hormone receptor
cytokine receptor
Growth hormone regulation
-stimulated by GH-releasing hormone (GHRH)
-inhibited by somatostatin
-stimulated by ghrelin
- inhibited by insulin-like growth factor
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) produced
hypothalamus
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH general function and actions
-regulator of the reproductive
-stimulates FSH & LH
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) regulation
stimulated by puberty
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor
g-protein coupled
ACTH produced
pituitary corticotropes (pars distalis)
ACTH general function & action
-increases cortisol production
ACTH regulation
-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulates
-Arginine vasopressin stimulates
-stress stimulates glucocorticoids and inhibits ACTH
ACTH receptor
g-protein coupled receptor
AVP is known as what invertebrates
arginine vasotocin
AVP produced
PVN of hypothalamus
AVP general function and action
-water retention and water absorption in vertebrates
-induces male-like behaviors
AVP regulation
-stimulated by high osmolality
-reduced blood volume or bp stimulates it
-alcohol inhibits
AVP receptor
g-protein-coupled receptor
Thyroid hormone produced
thyroid
Thyroid hormone general function and action
-stimulates metabolic rate
-increases body temp
- increases growth & development
-stimulates metamorphosis
-stimulates fish migration
-stimulates smoltification