tropic hormone

This differs from the tropic hormones, which act on another endocrine gland.

Most tropic hormones are produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary.

Tropic hormones are hormones that have other endocrine glands as their target.

Tropic hormones from the anterior pituitary include:

One special group of hormones is the tropic hormones that stimulate the hormone production of other endocrine glands.

Tropic hormones usually act in the beginning of the reaction stimulating other endocrine gland to eventually release non-tropic hormones.

Four of the six adenohypophyseal hormones are tropic hormones that regulate the function of other endocrine organs.

For example, if ACTH (Adrenocorticotropin hormone; a tropic hormone) is inhibited, cortisol can no longer be released because the chain reaction has been interrupted.

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), also known as corticotropin, is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland.

CRH an ACTH are tropic hormones because they act on the anterior pituitary gland and adrenal glands, respectively, both of which are endocrine glands.

The enzyme performing this task is cytochrome P450scc, located in the mitochondria, and controlled by anterior pituitary tropic hormones, such as ACTH, FSH, LH.

The hypothalamus secretes tropic hormones that target the anterior pituitary, and the thyroid gland secretes thyroxine, which targets the hypothalamus and therefore can be considered a tropic hormone.