Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The secretion of substances, such as hormones, by nerve cells.
- noun A substance secreted by this process.
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- noun the
synthesis andrelease ofhormones byneurons - noun a hormone so secreted
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Examples
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Her brain tissue is saturated with a hypothalamic neurosecretion, remarkably similar to a chemical normally found in hibernating mammals.
Bloodthirst J. M. Dillard 1990
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"Brevenal inhibits Pacific ciguatoxin 1B-induced neurosecretion from bovine chromaffin cells"
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"Brevenal inhibits Pacific ciguatoxin 1B-induced neurosecretion from bovine chromaffin cells"
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