ACTH

Examples

• All

• We did not investigate ACTH levels, but it is unlikely that the steroid triggered any significant suppression.

  Academic text (2005)

• In response to stress, your body increases the production of ACTH, leading to higher levels of corticosteroids.

• Her ACTH levels just shot through the roof!

  Minority Report (2002)

• Your cortisol level goes up, your ACTH level goes up.

• So suppose you throw in some CRH on top of the pituitary there injected into the circulation, and this much ACTH comes out.

• (n4) Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) stimulation was seen as long as 2 weeks following administration in these animals.

  Academic text (2005)

• Waldenström J. 1950. The diagnostic importance of ACTH. Acta Endocrinologica 5: 235-242.

  Academic text (2012)

• ACTH is crucial because it stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete corticosteroids.

Synonyms

C

corticotropin

vsACTH

• Specialized

1 9.4

A hormone from a small gland at the brain base that tells adrenal glands to make stress hormones

means the same thing with no real difference

A

adrenocorticotrophic hormone

vsACTH

• Specialized

6.9

A hormone from the front part of the pituitary gland that tells the adrenal gland to make stress hormones

means the same thing with no real difference

A

adrenocorticotropin

vsACTH

• Specialized

9.4

A hormone made by a gland in the brain that tells the glands above the kidneys to release stress hormones

means the same thing with no significant difference

A

adrenocorticotropic hormone

vsACTH

• Specialized

6.6

A hormone made by a gland in the brain that tells the adrenal glands to make stress hormones

is narrower specifying corticosteroids rather than all steroid hormones

A

adrenocorticotrophin

vsACTH

• Specialized

9.9

A hormone from the pituitary gland that tells the adrenal gland to release stress hormones

is more specific about which hormones are released

Surface Forms

Etymology