Andrew Huberman· PhD
So if you hear the word releasing hormone, it's coming from the brain, and that makes it actionable in certain ways that we'll return to later.
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So if you hear the word releasing hormone, it's coming from the brain, and that makes it actionable in certain ways that we'll return to later.
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First of all, there are neurons in your brain in an area called the hypothalamus, which just means it's below the thalamus, hypo. It sits at the base of your brain, in the front, it's part of the forebrain. So it's more or less above the roof of your mouth, maybe about a centimeter or so, and then about a centimeter forward in most people. And neurons in the hypothalamus release hormones that are called releasing hormones.
neurons in the hypothalamus release hormones that are called releasing hormones so anytime you hear releasing chances are those are neurons that are in your brain and they extend little wires we call axons into your pituitary and the pituitary releases a bunch of hormones into the bloodstream and the pituitary releases things that most often have the name of stimulating hormone because they stimulate or organs