Sentences with phrase «shaped endocrine»

The thyroid gland is a butterfly - shaped endocrine gland that is located in the lower front of the neck.

The thyroid is a butterfly - shaped endocrine (hormone secreting) gland located in your neck beneath the cricoid cartilage, or «Adam's apple» (as it's referred to in males).

The adrenal glands are a pair of walnut - sized, pyramid - shaped endocrine glands.

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The evidence for epigenetic effects on emotion regulation is quite solid: Early caregiving experiences can affect the expression of the genes that regulate a baby's stress and they can shape how the endocrine system will mobilize to stress.

It is not altogether surprising that pine cones are almost identical in shape to the pineal gland, the master hormone and consciousness - regulating endocrine gland in the body.

The truth is that bone is incredibly plastic, responding to activity and nutrition, and that body fat is an endocrine organ in its own right, secreting hormones and shaping the way our metabolism works.

Evidence linking psychological stress to asthma continues to grow with our increased understanding of the natural history of asthma and the neurobiology underlying stress vulnerability.1 - 3 Stress exposure during infancy and early childhood may exert particularly robust effects on the physiological systems that respond to stress.4 - 6 Evidence from animal and human studies strongly suggests that early life adversity shapes stress neurobiology, 7 resulting in disturbed regulation of endocrine and autonomic processes (eg, hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal [HPA] axis, sympathetic - adrenal - medullary system).