Author: Amina Downs

Ever wake up feeling anxious? That’s thanks to the good old diurnal secretion of cortisol, also known as the body’s primary stress hormone. Through exploring the topic of how the endocrine system and nervous system interact with one another, my project examines the cortisol awakening response (CAR) and its effects …

The topic of my project is how skeletal growth is hormonally regulated. A large part of what allows hormones to be regulated properly is primary cilia. Primary cilia are a type of cilia, organelles which project from the apical surface of cells and are largely responsible for transmitting signals. They …