Posted by willow on February 13, 2001, at 14:20:13
In reply to Re: Cam what is ..., posted by Cam W. on February 13, 2001, at 13:50:56
"Sure, give me the tough questions."
You helped me to understand by adding words I could relate to like "halfback." I liked playing soccer and this was my position.
"... control many metabolic activities (eg body's water balance, sugar & fat metabolism, body temperature regulation, etc). More importantly, for our discussion it "calls signals", ie pumps out inhibiting and releasing hormones. ...
Basically, I guess, the hypothalamus responds to bodily conditions (eg stresses - heat, cold, fear, anger, lust, etc) and then tells the pituitary to do something about it. The pituitary signals the appropriate bodily organs and systems and tells them to return to normal (called homeostasis)."
Okay! So how do you get the hypothalamus to respond properly. (This is just guess work, but it is my major complaint, to the doctor, my body does not react approipriately to stressors, good or bad.) Besides leading a very sedate lifestyle?
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