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Neurohormone

A neurohormone is any hormone produced and released by neuroendocrine cells (also called neurosecretory cells) into the blood. By definition of being hormones, they are secreted into the circulation for systemic effect, but they can also have a role of neurotransmitter or other roles such as autocrine (self) or paracrine (local) messenger.The hypothalamus releasing hormones are neurohypophysial hormones in specialized hypothalamic neurons which extend to the median eminence and posterior pituitary.
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Hormone

A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is any member of a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms, that are transported to distant organs to regulate physiology and behavior. Hormones are required for the correct development of animals, plants and fungi.
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Neurohormone

A hormone secreted by or acting on a part of the nervous system.
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Hormone

A substance, usually a peptide or steroid, produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity, such as growth or metabolism.
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Neurohormone

Any hormone that stimulates the nervous system.
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Hormone

A synthetic compound that acts like a hormone in the body.
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Neurohormone

A hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)
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Hormone

Any of various similar substances found in plants and insects that regulate development.
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Hormone

(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
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Hormone

(pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
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Hormone

Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
I'm going to be going to slightly higher doses of hormones soon.
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Hormone

(botany) Any similar substance in plants.
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Hormone

To treat with hormones.
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Hormone

A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant parts of the body..
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Hormone

A chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic, that functions like a hormone in a living organism. Thus, synthetic steroid hormones may be more effective than their natural counterparts.
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Hormone

A substance that controls growth rate or differentiation in plants; also called phytohormone. The most well-known are the auxins that stimulate growth at the growing tips of plants, and control root formation and the dropping of leaves; and the gibberellins, which are used in agriculture to promote plant growth.
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Hormone

The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
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