BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
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Influences sleep
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stimulates growth
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controls metabolism
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regulates killer T cells
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controls “fight or flight” response
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Detailed explanation-1: -Growth hormone (GH): In children, growth hormone stimulates growth. In other words, it helps children grow taller. In adults, growth hormone helps maintain healthy muscles and bones and impacts fat distribution. GH also impacts your metabolism (how your body turns the food you eat into energy).
Detailed explanation-2: -growth hormone (GH), also called somatotropin or human growth hormone, peptide hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It stimulates the growth of essentially all tissues of the body, including bone.
Detailed explanation-3: -The anterior pituitary hormones interact with and affect several different organs, glands and tissues in your body, including: Bones, muscles and organs-growth hormone (GH). Adrenal gland-adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Thyroid gland-thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).