corticotropin
- n a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
- As illustrated above, the substance, called corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), is produced in the hypothalamus, a tiny but powerful structure sometimes called "the brain's .
- 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.