Which of the following is an accumulation and release centre of neurohormones?

Which of the following is an accumulation and release centre of neurohormones?
  1. anterior pituitary lobe
  2. posterior pituitary lobe
  3. intermediate lobe of the pituitary
  4. hypothalamus

Solution

The neurohormones include oxytocin and vasopressin, both of which are produced and secreted into the blood by the neurohypophysis (posterior part of the pituitary gland).

Asked in: NEET 2006

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