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The hormone that stimulates uterine contractions and milk ejection is oxytocin. Oxytocin is produced in the posterior pituitary, alongside arginine vasopressin (AVP), a hormone responsible for regulating the body's water content. (It is also known as anti-diuretic hormone (ADH)).
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Arginine Vasopressin (AVP)
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Thyroxine is produced in the anterior pituitary gland, not the posterior pituitary gland where AVP and oxytocin (hormone causing uterine contractions and milk ejection) are produced.
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c
Thyroxine
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Similar to thyroxine, growth hormone is also produced in the anterior pituitary gland, not the posterior pituitary gland where AVP and oxytocin (hormone causing uterine contractions and milk ejection) are produced.
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d
Growth Hormone
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Prolactin is also produced in the anterior pituitary gland, not the posterior pituitary gland where AVP and oxytocin (hormone causing uterine contractions and milk ejection) are produced.
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Prolactin
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Dopamine is produced in an area known as the substantia nigra in the brain, not the posterior pituitary gland, where AVP and oxytocin are produced.

Oxytocin is the hormone responsible for milk ejection and uterine contractions.

The relation that dopamine has to the pituitary gland is that it inhibits the production of prolactin, from the anterior pituitary gland.
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b
Dopamine
Concept
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Pituitary disease
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Endocrinology
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Which other hormone is produced in the same area of the pituitary gland which produces the hormone which stimulates uterine contractions to deliver a baby and milk ejection from a pregnant woman's breasts?
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