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Item: Hormones -> Category: Health -> Author: PF -> Revision: 20/07/2008
Major hormones

 

Oxytocin

 

It is segregated by the hypothalamus. It is generated primarily on women during childbirth. It is the inducing preparation of the uterus to that time and also involved in the production of milk.

 

Among its medical applications is the use as a means to induce childbirth in cases where necessary.


Contents of the document

1.-Introduction
2.- Androgen
3.- Estrogen
4.- Testosterone
5.- Progesterone
-> Oxytocin
7.- Prolactin
8.- Adrenaline
9.- Hormone insulin
10.- Cortisol
11.- Homona growth



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