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• Anabolism [r]: Biological processes that build larger molecules from smaller ones, and increase the size of bones, organs and muscles. ^[e]
• Anterior pituitary [r]: Endocrine gland that secretes hormones to regulate stress, growth, metabolism and reproduction. ^[e]
• Arcuate nucleus [r]: An aggregation of neurons in the mediobasal hypothalamus with important roles in appetite regulation and in the control of growth hormone secretion and prolactin secretion. ^[e]
• Biosynthesis [r]: The production of chemical metabolites by living systems. ^[e]
• Claude Kordon [r]: (11 April 1934 - 2 June 2008) French biologist who was a leading researcher in endocrinology and neuroendocrinology. ^[e]
• Diabetes mellitus [r]: Relative or absolute lack of insulin leading to uncontrolled carbohydrate metabolism. ^[e]
• Drugs banned from the Olympics [r]: Substances prohibited for use by athletes prior to, and during competing in the Olympics. ^[e]
• Ghrelin [r]: A hormone produced by P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the human stomach that stimulate appetite. ^[e]
• Hormone [r]: A chemical director of biological activity that travels through some portion of the body as a messenger. ^[e]
• Hypothalamus [r]: A part of the mammalian brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon. ^[e]
• Incidentaloma [r]: Tumour found by coincidence without clinical symptoms or suspicion. ^[e]
• Life extension [r]: Medical and non-medical attempts to slow down or reverse the processes of aging, to extend both the maximum and average lifespan. ^[e]
• Mammal [r]: A warm-blooded animal with a backbone which also has hair, and produces milk to feed its young. ^[e]
• Median eminence [r]: Specialised region at the base of the brain containing the hypothalamo-hypophysial portal vessels and neuroendocrine nerve endings that release their products into them. ^[e]
• Medication [r]: A licensed drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. ^[e]
• Neuroendocrinology [r]: The study of the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. ^[e]
• Peptide hormone [r]: A class of chemical messengers, secreted into the blood from endocrine cells, that bind to specific receptors expressed on the plasma membrane of target cells. ^[e]
• Somatostatin [r]: Neuropeptide whose best known function is as a hypothalamic factor that inhibits the secretion of growth hormone. ^[e]

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• Thyroid stimulating hormone [r]: Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, which stimulates production of thyroid hormone from the thyroid gland. ^[e]
• Luteinising hormone [r]: Pituitary hormone with an essential role in reproduction in both males and females. ^[e]