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Receptor Informaition Types |
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1.Modality
1.Type of stimulus or sensation it produces
1.ex. Vision
2.APs are the same but the brain can distinguish based on the different routes traveled
2.Location
1.Information is encoded by which neurons are firing
2.Sensory neuron receives input from receptive field(s)
3.Intensity
1.Based on # and kinds of fibers firing
2.Time between APs
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4. Starts in cerebral cortex and hypothalamus
6. 7. 8. endogenous opioids produced
some produced when stressed (motral wounding, child birth)
block pain binding sites
ex enkephalins – 200x more powerful than manufactured drugs
Others not only block pain, can produce euphoria
when: runners high, second wind
ex. endorphins
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Prolactin Releasing Hormone
promotes secretion of prolactin(PRL)
produced in hypothalamis |
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Prolactin-Inhibiting Hormone
Inhibits secretion of prolactin(PRL) |
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Growth Hormone-releasing hormone
Promotes secretion of growth hormone(GH) |
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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Promotes secretion of follicle-secreting hormone(FSH) and luteinizing hormone(LH)
FSH goes to testes, LH goes to ovaries |
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Andenohypophysis
Releases hormones into bloodstream |
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Posterior Pituitary Gland |
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Neurohypophysis
Releasese hormones by neurons.
Not a "true" endocrine gland. |
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Anterior Pituitary Hormones
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