corticotropin releasing hormones (CRH) is another name for CRH factors. CRH is a 41 amino peptide which is derived from a 196-amino acid preprohormone which is it stimulate release of adrenocoticotropic hormone that is ACTH by the anterior pituitary which stimulate secretion of glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex of the adrenal gland.