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| maintenance of a stable internal environment |
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blood-borne communication molecules.
regulates balance of thirst (water/salt) hunger(nutrients/glucose) sex hormones (sex) |
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| major roles of the hypothalamus |
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| control homeostasis, control hormones, regulate emotional arousal. |
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| neurotransmission signaling |
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| b/w 2 neurons involves point to point communication (signal passed immediately and terminates rapidly) |
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| involves the release of hormone into the blood. (signal takes longer to be received and lasts longer) |
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| epinephrine (adrenal medulla) |
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short and long chains of amino acids.
nueropeptide Y, leptin, insulin |
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synthesized from cholesterol
fat soluble
testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, cortisol |
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| involved in emotion, cognition, and motor behavior |
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| location of pituitary gland |
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| little stalk that hangs just below the hypothalamus |
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| ventromedial nucleus (VMH) |
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| lesions increase insulin secretion. -> get fat! |
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| hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis (HPA) |
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critical regulator of our body's response to stressful stimuli.
function is to increase available energy. |
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| paraventricular nucleus (PVN) |
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| neurons from limbic system terminate here. |
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| HPA axis shuts itself off when levels become too high |
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