The pineal gland releases melatonin, which regulates sleep/wake cycles. The adrenal glands release epinephrine, which is the fight or flight hormone.
The PINGAS gland
Adrenalin or supra-renal Gland
The fight or flight response happens when large amounts of adrenaline and other stress hormones surges through your body causing you to decide whether to fight (defend) or take flight (run).
The chemical product of an endocrine gland is called a hormone. These cause changes in the body. Different glands will produce different hormones for different purposes. For example, the adrenal glands will produce adrenaline (fight or flight hormone), the pituitary gland will produce testosterone and oestrogen (puberty hormones) and the hypothalamus in the brain will produce many hormones that regulate bodily functions such as breathing, heart-beat, body temperature etc.
the pituitary glands
the pituitary glands
The adrenal glands release adrenaline, the hormone most often associated with the fight or flight response and danger.
The hormones of the adrenal gland can act on the physiology of fear by intensifying it. Epinephrine is release when the body has a flight or fight response. This hormone increase heart rate, respiratory rate, and muscle contractions. Epinephrine also heightens the fear response in humans.
Adrenal Medulla
i releases hormones and controls body activities directly.
secretes adrenalin, which puts you in fight-or-flight mode.
The gland controlling hormones in the body is the pituatory gland
Pituitary Gland