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releasing hormone

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releasing hormone (RH),
one of several peptides produced by the hypothalamus and secreted directly into the anterior pituitary gland via a connecting vein. Each of the releasing hormones stimulates the pituitary to secrete a specific tropic hormone. Thus corticotropic-releasing hormone stimulates the pituitary to secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone, whereas growth hormone-releasing hormone stimulates the secretion of growth hormone. Previously called releasing factor.


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