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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
The hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
The HPA axis is a major biological mechanism of stress and stress response
This is an image of the HPA Axis. Negative feedback affects the hypothalamus, which releases CRH into the anterior pituitary. Negative feedback can also affect the anterior pituitary directly, which releases ACTH into the adrenal cortex, which in turn releases CORT.
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