cortisol
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- n an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- Rising cortisol levels signal the hypothalamus to stop sounding the alarm.
- Shively and her colleagues also knew that people who produce excessive amounts of the stress hormone cortisol tend to have bulky waistlines; they have apple-shaped bodies, rather .
- As expected, each subject's cortisol level rose at first.