Question 1
The action of which hormone helps explain increases in affective anxiety and eating disorders, mood cycles, and vulnerability to autoimmune and inflammatory diseases in women as a result of stimulation of the CRH gene promoter and central norepinephrine system?
◦ Progesterone
◦ Cortisol
◦ Estrogen
◦ Prolactin
Question 2
Which statement is true concerning the differences between stress-induced hormonal alterations of men and women?
◦ After injury, women produce more proinflammatory cytokines than men, a profile that is associated with poor outcomes.
◦ Androgens appear to induce a greater degree of immune cell apoptosis after injury, creating greater immunosuppression in injured men than in injured women.
◦ Psychologic stress associated with some types of competition decreases both testosterone and cortisol, especially in athletes older than 45 years of age.
◦ After stressful stimuli, estrogen is increased in women, but testosterone is decreased in men.
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