PSY 450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Posterior Pituitary, Negative Feedback

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 450
• Professor: Pranjal Mehta

Document Summary

Brief intro (background/gap in knowledge, research questions, hypothesis) Discussion with some of your own thoughts (limitations) Endocrine system includes all glands and tissues that produce and secrete hormones into the bloodstream send to virtually every cell in the body. Hypothalamus (hypo means under): integrator of physiological and neural signals, secretes releasing hormones (rh: releases releasing hormones or inhibitory hormones, thyrotropin-releasing (trh, growth hormone-releasing hormone (ghrh, somatostatin (growth hormone-inhibiting hormone) o. Pituitary gland: responds to hypothalamic stimulatory and inhibitory neurohormones. Composed of anterior and posterior pituitary (anterior-front, posterior-back) Stimulated by hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones thru bloodstream (portal system: (acth, follicle stimulating hormone (fsh, luteinizing hormone (lh) Other endocrine glands are controlled by pituitary hormones (e. g. gonads) Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (releases cortisol: crh corticotropin releasing hormone (also called crh, atch adrenocorticotropin hormone, cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone, negative feedback (analogy: temperature regulation)