releasing hormone

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
  2. (n) any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone

Synonym(s)

hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, rh, rf

Usage(s):

  1. But they do know the first stage begins in the brain, when a chemical signal, called gonadotropin-releasing hormone, unleashes a series of biochemical reactions in the body.
  2. One leading candidate: a substance called corticotropin- releasing hormone, or crh, which is pumped directly into the spinal fluid and thus bathes the entire brain at once.
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