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.
Hormones acts as chemical messengers that transport signal from one cell to the other. Hormones are transm it ted to their target organs in the blood stream after they are discharged from the glands secreting them. Cells express a specific receptor molecule to the hormone molecules to which they respond. Endocrine secretions is the mode of discharge directly into the bloodstream.