"Pituitary-Adrenal System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The interactions between the anterior pituitary and adrenal glands, in which corticotropin (ACTH) stimulates the adrenal cortex and adrenal cortical hormones suppress the production of corticotropin by the anterior pituitary.
Descriptor ID |
D010913
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MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.691
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Concept/Terms |
Pituitary-Adrenal System- Pituitary-Adrenal System
- Pituitary Adrenal System
- Pituitary-Adrenal Systems
- System, Pituitary-Adrenal
- Systems, Pituitary-Adrenal
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1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pituitary-Adrenal System" by people in Profiles.
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Repeated stress alters the ability of nicotine to activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. J Neurochem. 2006 Dec; 99(5):1321-7.
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Estrogens and neuroendocrine hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function. Front Horm Res. 2006; 35:157-168.
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Hypnosis, differential expression of cytokines by T-cell subsets, and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Am J Clin Hypn. 2003 Jan; 45(3):179-96.
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Male reproductive ageing: using the brown Norway rat as a model for man. Novartis Found Symp. 2002; 242:82-95; discussion 95-7.
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Self-reported sensitivity to chemical exposures in five clinical populations and healthy controls. Psychiatry Res. 2000 Jul 24; 95(1):67-74.
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): evidence for target tissue glucocorticoid resistance. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1997 Apr; 106(1):48-61.
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The longitudinal course of psychopathology in Cushing's syndrome after correction of hypercortisolism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1997 Mar; 82(3):912-9.