| | Hormones - Pharmacy and Drugs |
 | | Perhaps the most well known hormones are those produced by the endocrine glands but nearly every organ system and tissue type in the body produces hormones. |
 | | Hormone actions can include the stimulation or inhibition of growth, starting or stopping cell death, activation, or suppression of the immune system, regulation of metabolism, and preparation for a new activity or phase of life, or even the production and release of other hormones, among others. |
 | | Hormone secretion can be stimulated or inhibited by other hormones; plasma concentrations of ions or nutrients, as well as binding globulins; neurons and mental activity; environmental changes; and one special group of hormones called trophic hormones that stimulate the hormone production of other endocrine glands. |
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