One hypothalamic hormone triggers a pituitary hormone to cause release of an adrenal hormone. Fill in the names of the hormones below. If a tumor in the adrenal cortex resulted in hypercortisolism, how would this affect the relative levels of hormone produced from each source? What type of reflex pathway is involved?
Corticotropin-releasing hormone, decrease
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone, decrease
Cortisol, increase
This type of relationship is called long-loop negative feedback.
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