Hormones & Drugs

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