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    Glossary Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

    hormone stimulating adrenal glands to release cortisol

    Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), also known as corticotropin, is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal glands to release cortisol, a crucial stress hormone. This hormone plays a key role in regulating metabolism, immune response, and stress, and its imbalance can lead to conditions such as Cushing's disease or Addison's disease.

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    1. EFFECTS OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE ON BODY GROWTH, VISCERAL PROPORTIONS, AND WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS OF NORMAL AND HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED MALE RATS Endocrinology · 1951 · 24 citations
    2. Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) But Not Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (a-MSH) as a Mediator of Adrenalectomy Induced Hair Growth in Mink Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 1998 · 16 citations
    3. Idiopathic isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency combined with testicular germ cell tumor: Case report Medicine · 2025
    4. The human skin as a hormone target and an endocrine gland Hormones · 2004 · 146 citations
    5. Detection of Functionally Active Melanocortin Receptors and Evidence for an Immunoregulatory Activity of α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone in Human Dermal Papilla Cells Endocrinology · 2005 · 60 citations
    6. Hormonal trends in patients suffering from long COVID symptoms Endocrine journal · 2022 · 25 citations
    7. The Hormonal Background of Hair Loss in Non-Scarring Alopecias Biomedicines · 2024
    8. Growth hormone deficiency with late-onset hypothalamic hypoadrenocorticism associated with respiratory and renal dysfunction: a case report BMC endocrine disorders · 2020
    9. The effect of hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-target gland axes in a kidney-yang deficiency syndrome model World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2020 · 11 citations
    10. Human hair follicles display a functional equivalent of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis and synthesize cortisol The FASEB Journal · 2005 · 489 citations
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