adrenin

He studied the effects of adrenin on various parts of the body; he found that it causes the pupils to dilate, hairs to stand erect, blood vessels to be constricted, and so on.

The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell 1921

The most interesting part of Cannon's book consists in the investigation of the effects produced by secretion of adrenin.

The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell 1921

Cannon found that pain, fear and rage occurred in circumstances which affected the supply of adrenin, and that an artificial injection of adrenin could, for example, produce all the symptoms of fear.

The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell 1921

Rising blood pressure is effective "in largely restoring in fatigued structures their normal irritability" and an increase of adrenin seems to raise blood pressure by driving the blood from the interior regions of the body "into the skeleton muscles which have to meet, by extra action, the urgent demands of struggle or escape."

Modern Religious Cults and Movements Gaius Glenn Atkins 1912

The secretion of adrenin [10] is greatly increased by pain or excitement.

Modern Religious Cults and Movements Gaius Glenn Atkins 1912