Tropic hormones made and secreted by the anterior pituitary include: Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) - stimulates the thyroid gland. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH or corticotropin) - stimulates the adrenal cortex. Luteinizing hormone (LH) - stimulates the release of steroid hormones in the ovary and testes.he release of tropic hormones is controlled by a class of hypothalamic hormones called releasing hormones, produced in the hypothalamus. For example, Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) from the hypothalamus stimulates the release of LH from the anterior pituitary.