The head of a Roman snail, four tentacles well visible. [RN] Observing a snail crawling around, the view is immediately attracted by its head, orienting itself in its surroundings using the tentacles. The snail feels its environment, touches an obstacle and withdraws the tentacle.
One of these hormones is epinephrine, which can be defined as a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to short-term stress. Epinephrine is also called adrenaline, and you may have heard of this term before.
Norepinephrine (INN) (abbreviated norepi or NE) or noradrenaline (BAN) (abbreviated NA or NAd) is a catecholamine with multiple roles including as a hormone and a neurotransmitter.[5] As a stress hormone, norepinephrine affects parts of the brain where attention and responding actions are controlled. Along with epinephrine, norepinephrine also underlies the fight-or-flight response, directly increasing heart rate, triggering the release of glucose from energy stores, and increasing blood flow to skeletal muscle. Norepinephrine