Types Of Hormones: Endorphins

Our endocrine system decides when we eat when we will reach puberty and when we need endorphins and other hormonal secretions from various glands.

Endorphins are triggered by the hypothalamus in our bodies when we are in stress, in pain or are doing:

1. Heavy exercise.
2. M...

• Research in the 1970s revealed that endorphins are natural narcotics inside our body, neurotransmitters that pass along signals in the nervous system.
• Endorphins are produced during stress, pain or fear and originate from the pituitary gland, the ...

Endorphins are secreted during stress or pain to block out the bad sensations, and are also responsible for pleasurable sensations that we get from eating our favourite food or having sex. Our brain generates emotions from an area called the limbic system, which has a specific region called h...