Hormone
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neu·ro·hor·mone [ noo r-oh-hawr-mohn, nyoo r- ]
Definitions related to neurohormones:
  • Variously defined as 1) hormones which are secreted almost entirely in response to neural stimuli; 2) hormones which are secreted by nerves; or 3) hormones which act on the nervous system.
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    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Substances secreted by neurons into the blood, CNS, or intercellular space.
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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 pass along nerve-cell extensions (axons) and are released into the bloodstream at special regions called...
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