The peanut-sized structure that is involved in diverse functions, including eating, drinking, frequency of sexual activity, fear, aggression, and exerting control over the secretion of endocrine hormones, is called the ________________.

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• __________________ is a peanut-sized forebrain structure that is part of the limbic system and regulates behaviors related to survival, such as eating, drinking and sexual activity.
• The almond-shaped structure that is involved in controlling a variety of emotional response patterns, including fear, anger, and disgust, and in learning and memory formation is the ________________.
• ----------- is a major regulatory center for behaviors such as eating, drinking, sex, biorhythms, and temperature control
• ________________ is involved in a number of functions, including movement, attention and learning and abnormal levels are involved in some mental disorders.
• The signals that trigger the secretion of hormones are regulated primarily by a brain structure called the _________________.
• Endocrine glands are called ductless glands because they secrete their hormones:
• ----------------plays important roles in fear, rage, and aggression
• The hormones released by the anterior pituitary are usually stimulating hormones but one of them acts directly on target cells:
• The _________________ secretes hormones that affect the functioning of other glands as well as hormones that act directly on physical processes.
• Diabetic conditions are due to imbalance in the secretion of ------- and ------ -hormones from-----gland.