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  2. Trophic hormone - Wikipedia

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    Trophic hormones can be found in body systems including the endocrine, gastrointestinal, urinary, and nervous systems. The term trophic is from Ancient Greek τροφικός ( trophikós ) meaning "pertaining to food or nourishment", here used to mean "growth"; this is the same origin as atrophy .

  3. Tropic hormone - Wikipedia

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    Tropic hormones are hormones that have other endocrine glands as their target. Most tropic hormones are produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary. [1]: 719 The hypothalamus secretes tropic hormones that target the anterior pituitary, and the thyroid gland secretes thyroxine, which targets the hypothalamus and therefore can be considered a tropic hormone.

  4. Non-tropic hormone - Wikipedia

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    Non-tropic hormones are thus often the last piece of a larger process and chain of hormone secretion. Both tropic and non-tropic hormones are necessary for proper endocrine function. For example, if ACTH (Adrenocorticotropin hormone; a tropic hormone) is inhibited, cortisol can no longer be released because the chain reaction has been ...

  5. Releasing and inhibiting hormones - Wikipedia

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    The main release-inhibiting hormones or inhibiting hormones are as follows: The hypothalamus uses somatostatin to tell the pituitary to inhibit somatotropin and to tell the gastrointestinal tract to inhibit various gastrointestinal hormones. There are various other inhibiting factors that also have tropic endocrine inhibition activity.

  6. Neuroendocrinology - Wikipedia

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    The hypothalamus produces the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin in its endocrine cells (left). These are released at nerve endings in the posterior pituitary gland and then secreted into the systemic circulation. The hypothalamus releases tropic hormones into the hypophyseal portal system to the anterior pituitary (right).

  7. Can Weight Loss Drugs Make You Boring? Doctors Explain ...

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    Ozempic and other GLP-1s mimic a hormone that is found in both the gut and the brain, meaning they can have an impact on you mentally. They work partially because they make you feel fuller for ...

  8. 12 reasons you aren't losing weight even though you're eating ...

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    The number of calories you need to cut to shed pounds depends on your weight, daily calorie burn, hormones, and more. However, a good rule of thumb: Eating 500 fewer calories per day will help you ...

  9. Adrenocorticotropic hormone - Wikipedia

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    Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; also adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin) is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced by and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. [1] It is also used as a medication and diagnostic agent .