Prothoracic tropin

Japanese: prothoracicotropin
Prothoracic tropin

…Abbreviated as BH. Originally it was called brain hormone because it was secreted from the brain, but since it was discovered that the brain is an organ that secretes multiple types of hormones, it is now called prothoracicotropic hormone (or prothoracicotropin). It is a peptide or protein hormone, and several molecular species are known. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "prothoracicotropin" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…BHと略記。はじめ脳から分泌されることから脳ホルモンと呼ばれたが,脳が複数種のホルモン分泌器官であることがわかり,現在では前胸腺刺激ホルモンprothoracicotropic hormone(またはprothoracicotropin)の名で呼ばれる。ペプチドもしくはタンパク性ホルモンで,いくつかの分子種が知られている。…

※「prothoracicotropin」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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