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An adrenocorticotropic hormone is a peptide hormone secreted by the pituitary gland, which stimulates the secretion of other hormones - also known as corticotrophin.
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The hormone that stimulates the adrenal cortex is?
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
What produces adrenocorticotropic hormone?
It is the pituitary gland.
What anterior pituitary hormone is essential for the stress response?
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
What tropic hormone stimulates cortisol from the adrenal gland?
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
What does the ACTH stand for?
ACTH is the short form of the adrenocorticotropic hormone.
What is cortictropin?
Adrenocorticotropic hormone: A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
Does the thyroid stimulating hormone stimulate the adrenal cortex to release glucocorticoids that help the body to resist stressors?
adrenocorticotropic hormone
What is an abbreviation for the hormone that stimulates the adrenal glands to produce hormones called corticosteroids?
Adrenocorticotropic hormone or (ACTH), also known as 'corticotropin', 'Adrenocorticotrophic hormone'
What hormone requires a releasing hormone from the hypothalamus for it secretion?
Growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone all require releasing hormones from the hypothalamus.
Which anterior pituitary hormone shows increased secretion in response to stress?
That hormone is called as ACTH or adrenocorticotropic hormone. It stimulates the adrenal cortex to produce corticosteroids.
What hormone is the basal metabolic hormone?
adrenocorticotropic hormone in the anterior pituitary and the Thyroxine(t4) in the Thyroid gland.
What hormone does the brain release?
Seven major hormones: Including adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACH), melanocyte stimulating hormone, lutienizing hormone, prolactin, human growth hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, and thyroid stimulating hormone.
