The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland contains cells that do not actually produce hormones, but store hormones after they have been produced in the hypothalamus until they are ready to be ...

Oxytocin Oxytocin Oxytocin is a posterior pituitary hormone ... The endocrine system is connected to the nervous system through the pituitary gland via the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is an ...

which severs the connections between the cell bodies of AVP-secreting neurons in the hypothalamus and their nerve terminals in the posterior pituitary gland, which prevents AVP secretion.