Endocrine System
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...hypothalamus secretes pituitary-regulating substances in response to nervous system stimuli including smell, taste, pain, and emotions. Thus, stress, cold, heat, and other stimuli release CRF, or adrenocorticotropic hormone-releasing factor, from the...