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Somatostatin is produced by_________


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Somatostatin:

  1. Somatostatin is a peptide hormone that inhibits the release of growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, prolactin, and many secondary hormones.
  2. This inhibitory hormone is produced by neuroendocrine neurons in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus.

Final answer: Somatostatin is produced by hypothalamus


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