Question

What are the 3 stress hormones?

Answer 1

Stress hormones:

Cortisol is a steroid hormone that the adrenal glands, the endocrine glands on top of the kidneys, produce and release. Cortisol affects several aspects of your body and mainly helps regulate your body's response to stress.

The major stress hormones are:

1. Cortisol: Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone that is produced and released by the adrenal gland. Cortisol affects several parts of the body and mainly helps regulate your body's response to stress.
2. Norepinephrine: Norepinephrine, also called noradrenaline, is both a neurotransmitter and a hormone.It is a chemical messenger that helps transmit nerve signals across nerve endings to another nerve cell, muscle cell, or gland cell.
3. Epinephrine: Epinephrine is a hormone and neurotransmitter used to treat allergic reactions, restore cardiac rhythm, and control mucosal congestion, glaucoma, and asthma.