Labels:text | screenshot | black | black and white | font | document OCR: oxytocin The supraoptic and paraventricular nuc synthesise the peptides vasopressin and t (Fig. 5.2). Smaller groups of neurones th iones are synthesise these neurohypophysial hor n some, clustered in the suprachiasmatic region erior) part but not all, mammals. In the rostral (an asopressin of the supraoptic nucleus, oxytocin and he caudal neurones are equally distributed, but in in the part, only oxytocin neurones are found. Additionally, both hormones are presen ludal rostral paraventricular nucleus. In the c owever, theregion of the paraventricular nucleus, h tain neurones close to the third ventricle cor ated oxytocin, while those more laterally situ contain vasopressin. See also: Neurone . Anatomy of the Tuberoinfundibular System
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