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Your doctor tells you you have Cushings disease what does this mean?
's syndrome occurs when your body is exposed to high levels of the hormone cortisol for a long period of time. Cortisol is also sometimes called a "stress hormone" and is a natural steroid hormone that's like the "cortisone" in some medicines. Cushing 's syndrome can be caused by the body making too much cortisol or it can be caused by taking too much corticosteroid medicines (which contain cortisol).Cushing
Adrenal gland activity is evaluated by the plasma level of what hormone?
Adrenal gland activity is evaluated by the plasma level of cortisol hormone.
What is the tropic hormone that is suppressed by increasing plasma levels of cortisol?
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is the tropic hormone that is suppressed by increased plasma levels of cortisol. Cortisol exerts negative feedback on the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, inhibiting the release of ACTH.
Which hormone is also called hydrocortisone?
Cortisol
What hormone that makes you gain weight?
cortisol
Which hormone does not decrease with age?
Cortisol
What tropic hormone stimulates cortisol from the adrenal gland?
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
What hormone decreases protein synthesis increase fatty acid release and stimulates glucose synthesis?
The hormone that fits this description is cortisol. Cortisol is a stress hormone that promotes the breakdown of proteins into amino acids to increase fatty acid release and stimulate gluconeogenesis (glucose synthesis) in the liver.
What is the empirical formula for cortisol?
C5H6O is the empirical formula for Cortisol.
Which hormone has an anti inflammatory effect?
glucocorticoid
What hormone causes gluconeogenesis in the liver?
Glucagon is the hormone that stimulates gluconeogenesis in the liver by increasing the breakdown of glycogen into glucose, promoting the formation of new glucose molecules.
What is the primary hormone that has a role in stress adaptation?
Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone produced by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex in the adrenal gland
