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The hormone activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. For clarity, the brain and body regions that produce the hormones appear in bold.
NOTE: ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; CRF = corticotropin-releasing factor; POMC = proopiome-lanocortin.
