adrenocorticotropic hormone
- adrenocorticotropic hormone
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n.
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a polypeptide hormone formed in the pituitary gland that regulates the activity of the outer region (
cortex) of the adrenal glands. In mammals the action of ACTH is limited to those areas of the adrenal cortex in which the glucocorticoid hormones—cortisol and corticosterone (
see corticoid)—are formed. The secretion of ACTH by the pituitary is itself regulated by another polypeptide, a so-called corticotropin-releasing hormone (
CRH), that is discharged from the hypothalamus in response to impulses transmitted by the nervous system.
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