Types of Hormones

This text discusses lipid-derived hormones (or lipid-soluble hormones), amino acid-derived hormones, and peptide hormones.

Topics

  • acromegaly
  • Addison’s disease
  • adenylate cyclase
  • adrenal cortex
  • adrenal gland
  • adrenal medulla
  • adrenocorticotropic hormone
  • ACTH
  • aldosterone
  • alpha cell
  • amino acid-derived hormone
  • androgen
  • anterior pituitary
  • antidiuretic hormone
  • ADH
  • atrial natriuretic peptide
  • ANP
  • beta cell
  • calcitonin
  • colloid
  • corticosteroid
  • cortisol
  • Cushing’s disease
  • diabetes insipidus
  • diabetes mellitus
  • diabetogenic effect
  • down-regulation
  • endocrine gland
  • epinephrine
  • erythropoietin
  • EPO
  • estrogens
  • first messenger
  • follicle-stimulating hormone
  • FSH
  • G-protein
  • gigantism
  • glucagon
  • glucocorticoid
  • gluconeogenesis
  • glucose-sparing effect
  • glycogenolysis
  • goiter
  • gonadotropin
  • growth hormone
  • GH
  • growth hormone-inhibiting hormone
  • GHIH
  • growth hormone-releasing hormone
  • GHRH
  • hormonal stimuli
  • hormone receptor
  • humoral stimuli
  • hyperglycemia
  • hyperthyroidism
  • hypoglycemia
  • hypophyseal portal system
  • hypothyroidism
  • insulin
  • insulin-like growth factor
  • IGF
  • intracellular hormone receptor
  • islets of Langerhans
  • pancreatic islets
  • isthmus
  • leptin
  • lipid-derived hormone
  • mineralocorticoid
  • neural stimuli
  • norepinephrine
  • osmoreceptor
  • oxytocin
  • pancreas
  • parafollicular cell
  • parathyroid gland
  • parathyroid hormone
  • PTH
  • peptide hormone
  • phosphodiesterase
  • PDE
  • pituitary dwarfism
  • pituitary gland
  • pituitary stalk
  • plasma membrane hormone receptor
  • posterior pituitary
  • prolactin
  • PRL
  • prolactin-inhibiting hormone
  • prolactin-releasing hormone
  • renin
  • thymus
  • thyroglobulin
  • thyroid gland
  • thyroid-stimulating hormone
  • TSH
  • thyroxine
  • tetraiodothyronine
  • T4
  • triiodothyronine
  • T3
  • up-regulation
  • homeostasis
  • endocrine system
  • amino acid derived hormone
  • endocrine
  • endocrinologist
  • exocrine system
  • lipid derived hormone
  • hormone