Stress Hormones Flashcards
1
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Stressor
A
Environmental changes/stimuli that cause stress
2
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Stress response
A
Physiological and psychological responses to the stimuli
3
Q
Chronic stress effects
A
Diseases caused by the overstimulation of the responses
4
Q
Hormones
A
A neuro-endocrine stress response
5
Q
Hormone types
A
Catecholamines
Glucocorticoids
6
Q
Catecholamines
A
Epinephrine and norepinephrine (noradrenaline)
Sympathetic adrenal medullary (SAM)
7
Q
Glucocorticoids
A
Cortisol (fish and most mammals)
corticosterone (birds, reptiles, amphibians and some rodents)
Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis
Baseline GC important for physiology and behavior
Metabolized in liver (excreted in faeces and deposited in keratin structure)
8
Q
CRH
A
Corticotropin releasing hormone
Released by hypothalamus (paraventricular nucleus)
