Biology 2601A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Adrenal Gland, Extracellular Fluid, Neurohormone

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Hormones are chemicals secreted by nonneural endocrine cells or neurons to affect distant cells. Basic level of hormones: organic chemicals secreted by nonneural endocrine cells or in some cases to affect distance cells. We have a cell in a tissue that releases a chemical signal, travels through extracellular fluid and sends information to affect other cells away from it. Cells far away are able to receive the signal because they have receptors for that particular signal. Receptors can be on the surface or in the cytoplasm, or nuclear reception (ie. gene expression) Response to a hormone is affected by: concentration of hormones in the blood, expression of receptors, number of receptors (more receptors = more responsive) There"s also neurohormones that are released by neurons. There can be an electrical signal coming from the nervous system but instead of releasing a chemical to nerve cells these cells release chemicals to the circulation.

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