Excess melanophore stimulating hormone is secreted during a disease:
Correct answer: D. Addison's disease
- A. Epilepsy
- B. Alzheimer's disease
- C. Parkinson's disease
- D. Addison's disease
Explanation
In Addison's disease, low cortisol removes negative feedback, so pituitary pro-opiomelanocortin products, including melanocyte-stimulating hormone activity, rise and darken the skin. The other disorders do not characteristically produce this endocrine change.
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