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Title: What is a hormone involved in a negative feedback loop in the human body? Post by: lexieleighxo on Sep 4, 2012 What is a hormone involved in a negative feedback loop in the human body?
Title: What is a hormone involved in a negative feedback loop in the human body? Post by: juli3_jon3s on Sep 4, 2012 There are many of them.
Thyroid hormone (T4) is one. Thyroid releasing hormone (TRH) is released by the hypothalamus, it acts in the anterior pituitary to release thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). TSH then travels to the thyroid where it causes synthesis and release of T4. T4 acts on the pituitary and hypothalamus to reduce the release of TSH and TRH respectively. |