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HPT axis. The thyroid gland secretes the prohormone T4 and the active hormone T3, and circulating concentrations are regulated by a classical endocrine negative feedback loop that maintains an inverse physiological relationship between TSH, and T4 and T3. PVN, paraventricular nucleus.
