NOUN
- a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
How To Use adrenocorticotrophic hormone In A Sentence
- Experiments were carried out end of April (adrenocorticotrophic hormone [ACTH] challenge) and June (radiolabeled corticosterone infusion) 2000, when gonads of the stonechats were fully developed.
- The experiments of Long show that the adrenocorticotrophic hormone of the hypophysis by releasing corticoadrenal hormones, plays a part in the diabetogenic effect; but my own experiments prove there is a hypophyseal diabetogenic action which takes place when there are no adrenals. Bernardo Houssay - Nobel Lecture
- Our opinion was that there is no evidence that vigabatrin is a better treatment of infantile spasms than hormonal treatments, such as prednisolone and synthetic adrenocorticotrophic hormone preparations.
- Objective:To observe the influence of adrenocorticotrophic hormone(ACTH)on the serum lipoprotein profile in renal allograft recipients.
