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Neuroendocrinology
is
the
study
of
the
interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. The concept arose from the recognition that the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland was closely controlled by the brain especially by the hypothalamus.
Midsagital view illustrates that magnocellular neurons from paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei secrete oxytocin and vasopressin directly into capillaries in the posterior lobe
Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis
Posterior
Anterior Pituitary
Adopted from the Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 10th edition, p. 113. Ed. by Larsen P., Kronenberg H., Melmed S., and Polonsky K. ISBN 0-7216-9184-6
Hypothalamus/Pituitary Axis
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