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.

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