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Non-tropic hormone

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Non-tropic hormones are hormones that directly stimulate target cells to induce effects. This differs from the tropic hormones in that tropic hormones bind a receptor on another endocrine gland.

Non-tropic hormones released from the posterior pituitary gland in the brain are:

  • Oxytocin - stimulates milk letdown in females.

References

Biology 12 McGrawHill Ryerson (Textbook)

http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/school/booksites/biology+12/index.php

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