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Posts about Hormones and signaling

Shivering and sympathetic activation in the first minutes of cold
Hormones and signaling

Cold hits the nerves first and the thyroid later

The hour after orgasm, with prolactin rising as arousal falls
Hormones and signaling

What an orgasm changes in the next hour

A sleep hypnogram with the largest hormone pulse sitting on slow-wave sleep
Hormones and signaling

Growth hormone waits for deep sleep, not for an early bedtime

A morning glucose curve sitting higher after a short night than after a full one
Hormones and signaling

How a short night changes the next morning's glucose