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Pituitary-Adrenal System

Known as: Systems, Pituitary-Adrenal, Pituitary-Adrenal Systems, adrenal pituitary axis 
The interactions between the anterior pituitary and adrenal glands, in which corticotropin (ACTH) stimulates the adrenal cortex and adrenal cortical… 
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adrenergic system

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hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Effect of an acute maternal stress on the fetal hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal system in late gestational life of the rat.
We investigated in this study the response of the fetal hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system during an acute maternal… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Endotoxin- or pro-inflammatory cytokine-induced sickness behavior as an animal model of depression: focus on anhedonia.
In humans, exposure to endotoxins or pro-inflammatory cytokines induces a number of neuropsychological symptoms collectively… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Maternal undernutrition during late gestation induces fetal overexposure to glucocorticoids and intrauterine growth retardation, and disturbs the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis in the newborn rat…
As fetal overexposure to glucocorticoids has been postulated to induce intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) in humans, we… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
What is the cellular source of prostaglandins in the brain in response to systemic inflammation? Facts and controversies
Circulating inflammatory mediators can signal neurons through a pathway in which cytokine activation of the cells of the blood… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Is there a role for the ob gene product leptin in essential hypertension?
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Catecholamine-glucocorticoid interactions during surgical stress.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Challenge-control interaction as reflected in sympathetic-adrenal and pituitary-adrenal activity: comparison between the sexes.
The relative sensitivity of the sympathetic-adrenal and pituitary-adrenal systems to different psychosocial demands is considered… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Adrenal corticoids regulate sensitivity of noradrenaline receptor-coupled adenylate cyclase in brain
Considerable evidence indicates that alterations in the availability of noradrenaline (NA) at postsynaptic sites can cause… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The pituitary-adrenal system of the genetically obese (ob/ob) mouse.
Adult genetically obese (ob/ob) mice which are characterized by adrenal hypertrophy and increased secretion of corticosteroids… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The plasma free fatty acid rebound induced by nicotinic acid.
The time course of the nicotinic acid-induced changes in levels of plasma free fatty acids (FFA) was examined. The plasma FFA… 
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