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Question
List the hormones secreted by the following:
Hypothalamus
Solution
The hypothalamus produces two types of hormones: releasing hormones (which increase pituitary hormone release) and inhibitory hormones.
These hormones are:
- Thyrotrophin-releasing hormone
- Adreno-corticotrophin-releasing hormone
- Follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing hormone
- Luteinizing hormone-reieasing hormone
- Growth hormone-releasing hormone
- Growth inhibiting hormone
- Prolactin releasing hormone
- Prolactin inhibiting hormon
- Melanocyte stimulating hormonereleasing hormone
- Melanocyte stimulating hormoneinhibiting hormone.
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