Although the thyroid gland releases the hormones that help regulate
growth and metabolism, the brain (the hypothalamus and the
pituitary gland) regulates the thyroid's activity.
Review Date: 07/03/2011
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
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