NEUROHORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neurohormone mean? 

• NEUROHORMONE (noun)
  The noun NEUROHORMONE has 1 sense:

1. a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)

  Familiarity information: NEUROHORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROHORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("neurohormone" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

 Context examples 

A type of neurohormone (a chemical that is made by nerve cells and used to send signals to other cells).

(Catecholamine, NCI Dictionary)

It is a type of neurohormone.

(Corticorelin Acetate, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetic peptide that competes with the neurohormone GnRH for its receptor, thus decreasing or blocking GnRH action.

(Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of cell that makes neurohormones (chemicals that are made by nerve cells and used to send signals to other cells) and releases them into the blood.

(Chromaffin cell, NCI Dictionary)

The acetate salt form of coticorelin, a synthetic peptide of neurohormone corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), with potential antitumor and antiangiogenesis activities.

(Corticorelin Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

Levels of the neurohormone bombesin, also known as gastrin releasing peptide (GRP), are elevated in lung and thyroid cancers, where the substance acts as an autocrine growth factor.

(MoAb Bombesin (ITC-D), NCI Thesaurus)

A recombinant version of the cardiac neurohormone, human B-type natriuretic peptide (hBNP) produced by the ventricular myocardium.

(Nesiritide, NCI Thesaurus)

A monoclonal antibody directed against the neurohormone bombesin that is conjugated to diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid (DPTA), a bifunctional chelating agent that allows the antibody to be labeled with a metal species such as radioactive indium.

(MoAb Bombesin (DTPA), NCI Thesaurus)

A monoclonal antibody directed against the neurohormone bombesin that is conjugated to isothiocyanobenzyl diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (ITC-D), a bifunctional chelating agent that allows the antibody to be labeled with a metal species.

(MoAb Bombesin (ITC-D), NCI Thesaurus)