hormones and behaviour
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Brain and Behavior Class Notes Hormones and the Brain Neural
communication is mediated by exchange, receipt and transduction of
chemical signals Neurons communicate through synaptic transmission: A
given neurotransmitter may interact with many dierent receptors in
dierent parts of the brain Neuralhormone interactions: action at a distance
Neurons communicate through synaptic transmission: Anatomicalconnections !ndocrine signals are transmitted through the bloodstream: "he
message is received by receptors throughout the body Neuroendocrine Cells
Blend Neuronal and !ndocrine #echanisms: electrical to hormonal Chemical
$tructures of the "hree #ain Hormone "ypes $hort Amino Acid: e%g% AC"H,
&xytocin, 'asopressin, (rowth hormone )(H* #odi+ed $ingle Amino Acids:
e%g% "hyroxine, #elatonin, Adrenaline erived from cholesterol and consist of
four carbon atoms% issolves easily in lipids: e%g% !stradiol, testosterone
"estes release the hormone testosterone a chemical that has widespread
Brain and Behavior Class Notes Hormones and the Brain Neural
communication is mediated by exchange, receipt and transduction of
chemical signals Neurons communicate through synaptic transmission: A
given neurotransmitter may interact with many dierent receptors in
dierent parts of the brain Neuralhormone interactions: action at a distance
Neurons communicate through synaptic transmission: Anatomical
connections !ndocrine signals are transmitted through the bloodstream: "he
message is received by receptors throughout the body Neuroendocrine Cells
Blend Neuronal and !ndocrine #echanisms: electrical to hormonal Chemical
$tructures of the "hree #ain Hormone "ypes $hort Amino Acid: e%g% AC"H,
&xytocin, 'asopressin, (rowth hormone )(H* #odi+ed $ingle Amino Acids:
e%g% "hyroxine, #elatonin, Adrenaline erived from cholesterol and consist offour carbon atoms% issolves easily in lipids: e%g% !stradiol, testosterone
"estes release the hormone testosterone a chemical that has widespread
Bac-ground image of page .Brain and Behavior Class Notes Hormones and
the Brain Neural communication is mediated by exchange, receipt and
transduction of chemical signals Neurons communicate through synaptic
transmission: A given neurotransmitter may interact with many dierent
receptors in dierent parts of the brain Neuralhormone interactions: action
at a distance Neurons communicate through synaptic transmission:
Anatomical connections !ndocrine signals are transmitted through the
bloodstream: "he message is received by receptors throughout the bodyNeuroendocrine Cells Blend Neuronal and !ndocrine #echanisms: electrical
to hormonal Chemical $tructures of the "hree #ain Hormone "ypes $hort
Amino Acid: e%g% AC"H, &xytocin, 'asopressin, (rowth hormone )(H* #odi+ed
$ingle Amino Acids: e%g% "hyroxine, #elatonin, Adrenaline erived from
cholesterol and consist of four carbon atoms% issolves easily in lipids: e%g%
!stradiol, testosterone "estes release the hormone testosterone a chemical
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that has widespread