Definition of "corticotropin" []

• See ACTH. (noun)

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• "Wylie Vale, Ph.D. and colleagues have already established the role of the hormone called corticotropin-releasing factor (or CRF) in regulating the stress response in people."
• "In a study published earlier this year in The Journal of Neuroscience, Baram and colleagues identified how sensory stimuli from maternal care can modify genes that control a key messenger of stress called corticotropin-releasing hormone."
• "The hormone, known as corticotropin-releasing factor, plays a role in the body's response to stress and is found in the brain."