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- Geoffrey Harris [r]: (1913 - 1971) The "father" of neuroendocrinology. [e]
- Glenn Hatton [r]: (1934-2009) neuroscientist known for his pioneering work on the interactions between neurons and glial cells. [e]
- Hypothalamus [r]: A part of the mammalian brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon. [e]
- Magnocellular neurosecretory cell [r]: Large neuroendocrine neuron in the supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus that projects to the posterior pituitary gland. [e]
- Oxytocin [r]: A mammalian hormone that is secreted into the bloodstream from the posterior pituitary gland, and which is also released into the brain where it has effects on social behaviors. [e]
- Paraventricular nucleus [r]: Aggregation of neurons in the hypothalamus with important roles in neurendocrine regulation. [e]
- Peptide hormone [r]: A class of chemical messengers, secreted into the blood from endocrine cells, that bind to specific receptors expressed on the plasma membrane of target cells. [e]
- Vasopressin [r]: A hormone also called (arginine vasopressin, (AVP); formerly known as antidiuretic hormone, ADH), produced in the hypothalamus secreted from the posterior pituitary that causes kidneys to concentrate urine to conserve water, also causes vasoconstriction. [e]
- Herring body [r]: Very large swellings in the axons of the neurosecretory neurons that innervate the posterior pituitary gland, that are the sites of autophagic degradation of aged neurosecretory vesicles. [e]
- Pituicyte [r]: Astrocytic glial cells that constitute the principal cell type intrinsic to the posterior pituitary gland. [e]