21. Treatment of pain 2: corticosteroids UNFINISHED!!!

How is control achieved in endocrine hormone systems?

negative feedback regulates release of hormones

What is the hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis?

under stress, hypothalamus releases CRH

This then travels to the pituitary gland

Release of ACTH from pituitary

Travels to adrenals

Causes release of cortisol

what is made in the adrenal medulla

adrenaline, catecholamines

what is made in each part of the adrenal gland

What are the zones of the adrenal cortex?

Steroid hormone receptors are found in

the cortisol

steroids circulate in the body by

chaperone cells

receptors for steroid hormones are

transcription factors