Levels of This Stress Hormone Rise During Sleep
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from All Things Water, Group 1294, Puzzle 1 (Inlets and Coves).
Question is: Levels of This Stress Hormone Rise During Sleep
and the answer is: CORTISOL
Word Meaning:
CORTISOL — (biochemistry, steroids) A glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that mediates various metabolic processes (such as gluconeogenesis), has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, and whose levels in the blood may become elevated in response to physical or psychological stress.
Definitions from Wiktionary.