This fast-acting hormone increases your heart rate and blood pressure, opens up your airways, heightens your senses and sends ...

or HPA, axis. The sympathetic nervous system triggers the release of adrenaline, which primes your body to act quickly. This fast-acting hormone increases your heart rate and blood pressure ...

What to Read Next 'Overtime, your HPA axis, which regulates the stress response, may become less sensitive to cortisol feedback, potentially leading to higher overall cortisol levels and altered ...

Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) can have hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction and cognitive impairment. Bruehl et al. sought to determine whether HPA ...