Excerpt - page 22: "... 22 Corticotropin-ReleasingFactor: Basic and Clinical Studies of a Neuropeptide 1. INTRODUCTION Corticotropin-releasingfactor (CRF) was isolated at the end of a 40 year search for the hypothalamicreleasingfactor responsible for the release of corticotropin (ACTH) from ..."
Excerpt - page 236: "... located at the base of the brain, produces six known hypothalamicreleasingfactors, which are peptide hormones and hormone-like substances. These influence the ..."