The in vitro pharmacological profile of a novel small molecule corticotropin-releasing factor 1 (CRF 1 ) receptor antagonist, (Ϯ)-
N-[2-methyl-4-methoxyphenyl]-1-(1-(methoxymethyl)propyl)-6-methyl-1H-1,2,3-triazolo [4,5-c] Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) was first isolated from ovine hypothalamus (Vale et al., 1981) and identified as a key secretagogue for ACTH release from the anterior pituitary.In the past 10 years, considerable progress has been made in understanding the physiological and potential pathological roles of the CRF system. In addition to its endocrine role in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in response to stress, CRF appears to be implicated in a variety of other central and peripheral functions including arousal, anxiety-like behaviors, learning and memory, feeding, imArticle, publication date, and citation information can be found at