negative/positive feedback loops

[scaredofbiology]

this is my first time on this thing so i have no idea on how this works but i have a question! okay so the question is what are some examples of negative and positive feedback loops dealing with homeostasis?? if you could reply asap that would be great

[MichaelXY]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis

[mith]

Positive feedback is what you get when you put your microphone next to a speaker.

[Darby]

You could make a case for inflammation being a positive feedback system. A lot of defensive responses are sort-of positive feedback...

[Jammerz]

Nearly every system in the body is a negative feedback loop; there are very few positive feedback loops in the body, and one example of positive feedback is childbirth.

[MrMistery]

My professor always used to give the example of the ovarian cycle as containing both negative and positive feedback in hormone secretion levels. This is also a reason why those hormones are so hard to remember

[Darby]

I've been teaching that feedback is mostly negative, but it seems like immunological reactions - big responses to small stimuli, responses need to be held back from overload - are mostly positive feedback.

[MrMistery]

Feedback is mostly negative in most body functions, when discussing regulating levels of various signals or compound concentrations. However, when discussing imunological responses lots of positive feedback needs to be involved in order to mount specific attacks...

[Cat]

Glucagon and Insulin are great examples.

[Darby]

For those not familiar with the example, both of those hormones (which interact mostly with liver cells that store carbohydrates) are in feedback loops with sugar - sugar levels too high, insulin release brings them down; too low, glucagon brings them up.

[Darwin420]

Negative feed back example: When you are cold, body muscles contract, hair on body stands errect. Body is doing everything in its power to maintain its inner temperature.

That was one example my professor gave me.

[MrMistery]

The body hair erecting is an evolutionary relicve. It doesn't really do anything to us short-haired apes.