{"id":8840,"date":"2019-05-22T16:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/progesterone\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:12:05","slug":"progesterone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/progesterone\/","title":{"rendered":"Progesterone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is both an endogenous steroid and a sex hormone. &nbsp;It plays crucial roles in the menstrual cycle and in maintaining the early stages of pregnancy.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is mainly released by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/biologydictionary.net\/corpus-luteum\/\" data-editable-link=\"https:\/\/biologydictionary.net\/corpus-luteum\/?target=_self\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corpus luteum<\/a>&nbsp;a temporary endocrine gland in the ovaries formed from the empty ovarian follicle after ovulation. &nbsp;During pregnancy, it not only&nbsp;prepares the endometrium (the mucous membrane lining the uterus) for the potential of pregnancy after ovulation&nbsp;by triggering the lining of the uterus to thicken in preparation the reception of a fertilized egg, but it also stimulates the growth of maternal breast tissue. &nbsp;Moreover, it prevents the rejection of an egg as it inhibits muscle contractions of the pelvic wall. &nbsp;When the production when the production of progesterone declines,&nbsp;the lining of the womb breaks away and menstruation begins.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"cholesterol\">Cholesterol<\/a>, <a href=\"estrogen\">Estrogen<\/a>, <a href=\"fallopian_tubes\">Fallopian tubes<\/a>, <a href=\"hormones\">Hormones<\/a>, <a href=\"menarche\">Menarche<\/a>, <a href=\"ontogenetic_adaptation\">Ontogenetic adaptation<\/a>, <a href=\"steroids\">Steroids<\/a>, Testosterone<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is both an endogenous steroid and a sex hormone. &nbsp;It plays crucial roles in the menstrual cycle and in maintaining the early stages of pregnancy.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is mainly released by the&nbsp;corpus luteum&nbsp;a temporary endocrine gland in the ovaries formed from the empty ovarian follicle after ovulation. &nbsp;During pregnancy, it not only&nbsp;prepares the endometrium (the mucous &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/progesterone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Progesterone&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-8840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}