A female sex hormone that dominates the first half of the female cycle through ovulation.
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In mammals, the period in the cycle when the female is sexually receptive (in heat).
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The body's tendency to maintain the conditions of its internal environment by various forms of self-regulation
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The theory that the subjective experience of emotion is the awareness of one's own bodily reactions in the presence of certain arousing stimuli.
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A chemical produced by the adipose cells that seems to signal that plenty of fat is stored and that no more fat is needed. This signal may diminish eating.
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A learning orientation characterized by a focus on gaining new knowledge or abilities and improving.
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A chemical found widely in the brain and periphery. In the brain, it acts as a neurotransmitter; when administered at sites in and near the hypothalamus, it is a potent elicitor of eating.
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A dopamine-rich area in the forebrain that is critical in the physiology of reward.
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A female sex hormone that dominates the latter phase of the female cycle during which the uterine walls thicken to receive the embryo.
