Hormone/Related Articles

Posterior pituitary

Peptides secreted from the nerve endings of magnocellular neurosecretory cells in the supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus*Oxytocin

• Vasopressin

Anterior Pituitary

Peptide hormones synthesised in cells of the anterior pituitary gland.

• Growth hormone
• Thyroid stimulating hormone
• Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
• Prolactin
• Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
• Luteinizing hormone (LH)

Intermediate Lobe of pituitary gland

• Melanocyte stimulating hormone
• Beta endorphin

Hypothalamus

Peptide releasing factors, secreted from neuroendocrine neurons into the hypothalamo-hypophysial portal vessels from the nerve endings of neurosecretory neurons.

• Somatostatin (from neurons of the periventricular nucleus)
• Growth hormone releasing horone(from neurons of the arcuate nucleus)
• Gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH, also known as LH releasing hormone, LHRH)
• Corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH)(from neurons of the paraventricular nucleus)
• Thyrotrophin releasing hrmone (TRH)(from neurons of the paraventricular nucleus)

Also

• Dopamine, a prolactin inhibiting factor, secreted from neurons of the arcuate nucleus

Gonads

Steroid hormones produced by the testes or ovary

• Estrogen
• Progesterone
• Testosterone

Adrenals

• Cortisol
• Aldosterone
• Corticosterone
• Epinephrine (also known as Adrenaline)

Adipocytes

• Leptin
• Adiponectin

Gastrointestinal Tract

• Ghrelin
• Secretin
• Insulin

Liver

• Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1)

Heart and circulatory system

• Atrial natriuretic peptide
• Endothelin

Reproductive issues

• Relaxin
• Inhibin
• Prostaglandin

Pineal

indolamine, produced in the pineal gland

• Melatonin