a 41-residue peptide purified as a corticotropin-releasing factor/beta-endorphin-releasing factor ( crf ) in vitro was tested for its ability to stimulate the secretion of acth , beta-endorphin , and corticosterone in three animal groups : 1 ) unanesthesized rats bearing indwelling venous cannulae , 2 ) rats pretreated with chloropromazine plus morphine sulfate plus pentobarbital ( cpz-ms-nb , and 3 ) rats with hypothalamic deafferentiations in the frontal and lateral retrochiasmatic areas .
C0010132
corticotropin-releasing
C0020663
hypothalamic