Hormones & Drugs
by Mihaela Neacsu
1. Hormones
1.1. Testosterone
1.2. Estrogen
1.3. 3 main functional groups wrt behavior:
1.3.1. Homeostatic hormones
1.3.2. Gonadal (sex) hormones
1.3.2.1. Organizational Hypothesis
1.3.2.2. Anabolic steroids
1.3.3. Glucocorticoids
1.3.3.1. Cortisol
1.3.3.1.1. Adrenal medulla
1.3.3.2. Adrenaline
1.3.3.2.1. Adrenal cortex
1.3.3.3. Fast & Slow stress response
1.4. Steroid hormone
1.5. Peptide hormone
1.6. HPA - axis
2. Psychopharmacology:
2.1. Psychoactive drugs
2.2. 2 types of drugs:
2.2.1. Agonist
2.2.2. Antagonist
2.3. 3 types of tolerance:
2.3.1. Metabolic tolerance:
2.3.2. Cellular tolerance
2.3.3. Learned tolerance