adrenalin

[paulz]

Where in the body is adenalin produced? What always sets it off for me is either if I get cut up on the road, or oncoming traffic coming on my side of the road [after effects from car crash back in 1999]. Is it the body's way of calming a racing heart down?

[Jenny Tools]

See :- http://www.spa.ukf.net/spaadren.htm

[Nic01]

Think it's produced in the adrenal gland in the brain....If my science lessons from school serve me correctly I think it's a way of your body preparing itself to act when it's scared....Not 100% sure though!!

[nedflanders]

Pituitary gland at the base of the brain. don't know about the spelling though?

[Booshakker]

As the link says at the top...... Although, the adrenal glands (or, suprarenal glands) are located at the anterior (front side) extremities of the kidneys and are commonly known as endocrine glands, other such ones are the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, thymus & pancreas. These are all known as ductless glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. If you had Cushing's Disease (you would be a dog tho..!) it is possible to remove the adrenal glands with a procedure called an Adrenalectomy, survival of the dog is possible due to hormone implants. If the dog just had the glands removed and no implants, it would drop dead within a matter of weeks..... Hope this helps a little..