“Studies in vitro with perifused ovine pituitaries showed that ACTH or corticotrophin releasing hormone markedly suppressed LH secretion in response to the second of two exposures to GnRH.”
“…,adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) … to GnRH , but only when GnRH was administered 3 h after ACTH, not after 0.5 h. This finding suggests that very early suppression … stressors is not mediated by ACTH action at the pituitary but that immediate activation of the sympathetic nervous system may be involved.”