Megestrol acetate and Negative feedback

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Difference between Megestrol acetate and Negative feedback

Megestrol acetate vs. Negative feedback

Megestrol acetate (MGA), sold under the brand name Megace among others, is a progestin medication which is used mainly as an appetite stimulant to treat wasting syndromes such as cachexia. Negative feedback (or balancing feedback) occurs when some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by other disturbances.

Similarities between Megestrol acetate and Negative feedback

Megestrol acetate and Negative feedback have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Blood pressure, Glucocorticoid, Hormone, Hypothalamus, Pituitary gland.

Blood pressure

Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels.

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Glucocorticoid

Glucocorticoids are a class of corticosteroids, which are a class of steroid hormones.

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Hormone

A hormone (from the Greek participle “ὁρμῶ”, "to set in motion, urge on") is any member of a class of signaling molecules produced by glands in multicellular organisms that are transported by the circulatory system to target distant organs to regulate physiology and behaviour.

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Hypothalamus

The hypothalamus(from Greek ὑπό, "under" and θάλαμος, thalamus) is a portion of the brain that contains a number of small nuclei with a variety of functions.

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Pituitary gland

An explanation of the development of the pituitary gland (Hypophysis cerebri) & the congenital anomalies. In vertebrate anatomy, the pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea and weighing in humans.

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Megestrol acetate and Negative feedback Comparison

Megestrol acetate has 238 relations, while Negative feedback has 114. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 1.42% = 5 / (238 + 114).

References

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