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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
negative regulation of heart rate by acetylcholine +   
positive regulation of heart rate by epinephrine +   
positive regulation of heart rate by norepinephrine +  
regulation of heart rate by hormone  
The process in which the hormones modulates the rate of heart muscle contraction. A hormone is one of a group of substances formed in very small amounts in one specialized organ or group of cells and carried (sometimes in the bloodstream) to another organ or group of cells, in the same organism, upon which they have a specific regulatory action.

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: hormonal cardiac chronotropy ;   regulation of the rate of heart contraction by hormone
Definition Sources: GOC:mtg_cardio, GOC:rl

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