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Hormone vs Neurohormone - What's the difference?

hormone | neurohormone |

As nouns the difference between hormone and neurohormone

is that hormone is any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity while neurohormone is any hormone that stimulates the nervous system.

hormone

English

(wikipedia hormone)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
  • (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
  • Any similar substance in plants.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * hormonal * hormone therapy

    Anagrams

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    neurohormone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any hormone that stimulates the nervous system

    • Derived terms

    * neurohormonal

    External links

    * (wikipedia "neurohormone")