Question

Gordon is walking down his street, sees an angry dog running towards him, and begins to run in the opposite direction. In addition to an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, he would also display an increase in which glucocorticoid hormone?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Glucocorticoids are hormones of the family of corticosteroids that participate in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism favoring gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis; They also have immunosuppressive activity. Its regulatory action also extends to the intermediate metabolism of fats and proteins. Glucocorticoids are mainly produced in the adrenal cortex of humans and are cortisol, cortisone and corticosterone. Cortisol is the most important glucocorticoid in humans.

From the pharmacological point of view they are corticosteroids for systemic use whose reference drug is hydrocortisone, which at high concentrations can suppress the production of ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone in the adenohypophysis.