What is resilience? Used differently by a range of fields from psychology to engineering, resilience has no single widely accepted definition. The concept typically connotes an ability to âbounce backâ from a stress or disturbance, potentially returning to a pre-stress norm or a transformed post-stress condition.
a chemical transmitter substance produced by cells of the body and transported by the bloodstream to the cells and organs on which it has a specific regulatory effect. adj., adj hormoÂ´nal. Hormones act as chemical messengers to body organs, stimulating certain life processes and retarding others.
Biological compounds that communicate information throughout the body. Chemical substances (chemical messengers) secreted by endocrine glands, to regulate activities of certain cells and organs.Carriers of information between different organs in the body. chemical substance made in a gland and carried in the blood to cause an organ to work; hormones act as messengers to control growth, reproduction, and body metabolism. Hormones are messengers that travel to tissues or organs, where they may stimulate or inhibit specific metabolic pathways.