terminology

  • a conventional and evidence-based practice of treating ailments and disease

    ex of allopathic treatment: pharmaceutical drugs, surgical intervention

  • the continuous process of evaluating and adjusting to environmental factors in order to maintain the biological system

  • the interconnected approach to health by understanding the influences of biological, psychological, and social systems

  • the load of stress which impacts someone from early in development

    ex of ELS: physical, sexual, and emotional abuse experienced in childhood; neglect, sudden injury, loss of a parent, natural disaster

  • mechanisms to regulate gene expression without modifying the DNA sequence

    ex of epigenetic mechanisms: DNA methylation, histone modification, non-coding RNA

  • fight, flight, feed, fornicate; these are the central behaviors directed by the hypothalamus

    ex: the hypothalamus releases certain hormones to regulate feelings of hunger or satiety

  • the process of a germ cell undergoing cellular division to form the mature sex cell (sperm or egg)

  • the process of translating information from a gene into either a protein or non-coding RNA

  • a sequence within DNA that codes for a specific protein product

    ex of a gene: INSR is a gene which codes for the insulin receptor

  • DNA that is not being translated is wrapped around a histone, protein

  • the state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions

  • a small gland in the brain that regulates multiple survival functions and links the nervous and endocrine systems

  • the interconnected brain structures that regulate emotions and behavior

    ex of limbic system structures: hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus

  • the persistence of low mood, loss of interest, and low self-esteem

    symptoms of MDD: exhaustion, feelings of hopelessness, loss of interest in most activities

  • the philosophical studies of reality beyond human perception

    ex of metaphysics: cosmology, ontology, epistemology

  • a hormone-producing gland located within the brain

    ex of neurohormonal glands: hypothalamus, pineal gland, pituitary gland