Assertion: caffeine | /r/CapableOf | activate thyroid secretion
Facets:
value: by a variety of mechanisms
type: MANNER
value: locally
type: MANNER
value: by lowering the systemic stress mediators
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: This is similar to the synergy between thyroid and progesterone, which is probably involved, since caffeine tends to locally activate thyroid secretion by a variety of mechanisms, increasing cyclic AMP and decreasing serotonin in thyroid cells , for example, and also by lowering the systemic stress mediators.