neuroendocrine

neuroendocrine
1. Pertaining to the anatomic and functional relationships between the nervous system and the endocrine apparatus. 2. Descriptive of cells that release a hormone into the circulating blood in response to a neural stimulus. Such cells may compose a peripheral endocrine gland ( e.g., the insulin-secreting beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas and the adrenaline-secreting chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla); others are neurons in the brain ( e.g., the neurons of the supraoptic nucleus that release antidiuretic hormone from their axon terminals in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis).

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neu·ro·en·do·crine -'en-də-krən, -.krīn, -.krēn adj
1) of, relating to, or being a hormonal substance that influences the activity of nerves
2) of, relating to, or functioning in neurosecretion

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neu·ro·en·do·crine (noor″o-enґdo-krin) pertaining to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems and to hormones such as vasopressin and gastrin (neurohormones) that are elaborated in the neurons or neuronlike cells (neuroendocrine cells).

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