Sentences with phrase «endocrine system response»

Over time, the endocrine system response to chronic stress results in a high level of hormones circulating in the bloodstream.

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The limbic system regulates autonomic and endocrine function, including our fight - or - flight response to emotional stimuli.

Adversity, especially in early childhood, has a powerful effect on the development of the intricate stress - response network within each of us that links together the brain, the immune system, and the endocrine system (the glands that produce and release stress hormones, including cortisol).

For example, in response to questions about whether certain environmental chemicals may interfere with the endocrine system and cause negative effects, government and scientific bodies have been working to distinguish between whether a substance is merely endocrine active, or whether, under certain exposure scenarios, a substance goes beyond a simple interaction that is reversible and causes no harm to one that results in adverse health effects — endocrine disruption.

Thus, the endocrine system is crucial for our survival and health, and, because many crucial hormones are secreted in the brain, and our brain activity and response to external stimuli can affect hormone release, your mind and your environment are very important to the health of the individual at large.

To summarize (and simplify) greatly, depression is a dysfunction in the communication between your brain's frontal lobe, your thinking brain, and limbic system which controls autonomic bodily functions, like breathing and heart beat, and endocrine function, particularly in response to emotional stimuli.

In variations, the method 100 can be used to promote targeted therapies to subjects suffering from an autoimmune condition, disorder, or adverse state, wherein the autoimmune condition produces systemic effects in terms of one or more of: immune response, respiratory function, musculoskeletal function, gastrointestinal function, circulatory system function, endocrine system function, and any other suitable physiological or behavioral function.

This important component of the endocrine system is responsible for producing hormones that regulate blood sugar, energy level, the body's stress response, and many other functions.

HPA Select ® helps to gently modulate the complex activities of the hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal (HPA) axis, an interrelated network of endocrine messaging systems and pathways that governs the body's stress response mechanisms.

Originally meant to give you an adrenalin boost when faced with immediate physical danger, the body's cave - man «fight or flight» stress response involves adjustments in the cardiovascular, immune, and endocrine systems.

The HPA axis facilitates communication between the central nervous system and endocrine system and is responsible for regulating the body's response to stress.

When you are in pain, the body gets stuck in a loop of emergency stress response and continues to cycle through endocrine response (release of adrenaline); sympathetic system activation (fight - flight - or - freeze)-LSB-...]

Specification points covered are: Paper 2 Topic 1 (4.5 - homeostasis and response) 4.5.1 - Homeostasis (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.3.2 - Control of blood glucose concentration (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.2.1 - Structure and function (B5.2 lesson) Required practical 7 - plan and carry out an investigation into the effect of a factor on human reaction time (B5.2 lesson) 4.5.3.1 - Human endocrine system (B5.6 lesson) 4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 lesson) Paper 2 topic 2 (4.6 - Inheritance, variation and evolution) 4.6.1.1 - sexual and asexual reproduction (B6.1 lesson) 4.6.1.2 - Meiosis (B6.1 lesson) 4.6.1.4 - DNA and the genome (B6.3 lesson) 4.6.1.6 - Genetic inheritance (B6.5 lesson) 4.6.1.7 - Inherited disorders (B6.6 lesson) 4.6.1.8 - Sex determination (B6.5 lesson) 4.6.2.1 - Variation (B6.9 lesson) 4.6.2.2 - Evolution (B6.10 lesson) 4.6.2.3 - Selective breeding (B6.11 lesson) 4.6.2.4 - Genetic engineering (B6.11 lesson) 4.6.3.4 - Evidence for evolution (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.5 - Fossils (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.6 - Extinction (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.7 - Resistant bacteria (B6.17 lesson) 4.6.4.1 - classification of living organisms (B6.18 lesson) Paper 2 topic 3 (4.7 - Ecology 4.7.1.1 - Communities (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.2 - Abiotic factors (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.3 - Biotic factors (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.4 — Adaptations (B7.2 lesson) 4.7.2.1 - Levels of organisation (feeding relationships + predator - prey cycles)(B7.3 lesson) 4.7.2.1 - Levels of organisation (required practical 9 - population sizes)(B7.4 lesson) 4.7.2.2 - How materials are cycled (B7.5 lesson) 4.7.3.1 - Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson) 4.7.3.6 - Maintaining Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson) 4.7.3.2 - Waste management (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.3 - Land use (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.4 - Deforestation (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.5 - Global warming (B7.9 lesson)

For example, blood tests for dogs can detect abnormal hormonal - chemical responses to environmental and internal stimuli, which alerts a veterinarian to a potential issue with the patient's endocrine system.

Response: The endocrine system specifically includes organs, such as the pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, adrenals, ovaries and the testes, that release hormones into the bloodstream.