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What is the function of somatostatin?


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Somatostatin:

  1. The hypothalamus secretes somatostatin, an inhibitory hormone.
  2. It is a peptide hormone that influences neurotransmission and cell proliferation and controls the endocrine system.

The function of somatostatin:

  1. Somatostatin, commonly known as growth hormone-inhibiting hormone, prevents the pituitary gland from secreting GH.
  2. Somatostatin is generated in a variety of additional places, including the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, the pancreas, and the central nervous system (CNS).
  3. Somatostatin has primarily neuroendocrine inhibitory effects in a variety of systems.
  4. It has been shown to suppress GI, endocrine, exocrine, pancreatic, and pituitary secretions, as well as affect neurotransmission and memory formation in the central nervous system.

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