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13 Cards in this Set
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negative feedback
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like a thermostat, hormone raises to optimum level and stops working
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positive feedback
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feedback drives hormone concentration away from programmed settings
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up-regulation
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increasing their own receptor levels with high concentration
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down-regulation
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decreasing recpetor levels with high concentration
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permissive/priming effect
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when one hormone induces production of receptors for 2nd hormone
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C21 steroid
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progestins and corticoids
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C19 steroid
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androgens
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C18 steroid
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estrogen
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neurosteriods
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incentral and peripheral NS
stress memory sexual behavior |
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what is precursor to steroids?
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cholesterol
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where do steroids come from?
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adrenal and gonads
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adipose cells
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fat cells that produce hormones like leptin to induce energy expenditure and inhibit food intake
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how are androgens converted to estrogens?
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through enzymes in ovaries by going through aromatization (removing a carbon)
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