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Test Bank for Behavioral Neuroscience, 9th Editio by Marc Breedlove, Neil Watson Chapter 5 Hormones and the Brain

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Chapter 5: Hormones and the Brain

1. Endocrine Gland A gland that secrets products into the
bloodstream to act on distant targets
(126)

2. Exocrine Gland A gland whose secretions exit the
body via ducts (126)

3. Allomone A chemical signal that is released
outside the body by one species and
affects the behavior of other species
(128)

4. Peptide Hormone Molecules of which consist of a string
of amino acids (130)

5. Amine Hormone (Monoamine Hor- A class of hormone, each composed
mone) of a single amino acid that has
been modified into a related mole-
cule, such as melatonin or epineph-
rine (130)

6. Steroid Hormones A class of hormones, each of which
is composed of four-interconnected
rings of carbon atoms (130)

7. Phosphoinositides A class of common second-messen-
ger compounds in postsynaptic cells
(132)

8. Steroid hormones typically act Slower (133)
much than protein or amine hor-
mones

9. Transcription Factor A substance that binds to recognition
sites on DNA and alters the rate of
expression of particular genes (133)

10. Receptor Isoform A version of a receptor protein, which
slight differences in structure that

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