Assignment task: Choose Two Hormones and Answers 1-4 on each.
Q1. What is the name of your hormone? What class of hormone is it? What type of receptor signaling does it use?
Q2. Where is your hormone produced and released in the body? What are the effects of this hormone?
Q3. If possible, trace the feedback loop for your hormone, including any other hormones included in this feedback loop. Does your hormone have a specific antagonistic hormone, and if so which one?
Q4. Describe at least one disease involving your hormone and potential treatments. If you cannot find a specific disease, describe the effects on the body if your hormone was under produced and overproduced.
HORMONES:
- Prolactin
- Oxytocin
- Antidiuretic Hormone
- Insulin or Glucagon
- Testosterone or Estrogen
- Parathyroid Hormone or Calcitonin
- Thyroxine (T4)
- Cortisol
- Epinephrine/Norephinephrine