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what are neurohormones

The hormones secreted by the hypothalamus through the hypothalamic neurons and stored and secreted by the neurohypophysis or the posterior pituitary gland are called neurohormones
They include the vasopressin and oxytocin. ..
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Neurohormone, any of a group of substances produced by specialized cells (neurosecretory cells) structurally typical of the nervous, rather than of the endocrine, system.
The neurohormones in most mammals include oxytocin and vasopressin, both of which are produced in the hypothalamic region of the brain and secreted into the blood by the neurohypophysis (part of the pituitary gland).
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