releasing factor

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releasing factor

hormone

Also known as: releasing hormone

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neurohormone
…group of neurohormones, known as releasing hormones (the first of which, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, was chemically identified in 1969), also originates in the hypothalamus. The members of this group are transmitted within the neural cells to a second locus in the brain, from which they pass in the bloodstream to the…
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…group of neurohormones, known as releasing hormones (the first of which, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, was chemically identified in 1969), also originates in the hypothalamus. The members of this group are transmitted within the neural cells to a second locus in the brain, from which they pass in the bloodstream to the…
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