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Besides corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) which other hormone also stimulates the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) ?

A

Glucagon

B

Insulin

C

Aldosterone

D

Epinephrine

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Feedback control is a mechasim by which secretion of hormones is under the control of factors or other hormones. When the level of epinephrine decreases in the blood. It stimulates the hypothalamus to secrete more CRH which results in increased production of epinephrine from adrenal medulla.
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