A friend tells you that his Aunt Jane is being treated for a brain disorder that is causing her to produce too much of the glucocorticoid hormones. Your friend looked up the hormone and (correctly) found it to be produced by the adrenal glands. He says
he doesn't understand why a brain disorder should have anything to do with the adrenal glands. What do you tell your friend to help him understand the connection between the two?
What will be an ideal response?
You tell him ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) stimulates the adrenal gland and is produced in the pituitary gland. Its release is regulated by the hypothalamus of the brain. Too much ACTH would result in too much glucocorticoid production.
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