Direct secretagogue effect of corticotropin-releasing factor on the rat adrenal cortex: The involvement of the zona medullaris

Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 69-72

  Andreis, Paola G ^a   Neri, Giuliano ^a   Mazzocchi, Giuseppina ^a   Musajo, Francesco ^a   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HORMONE INHIBITOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL; CHROMAFFIN SYSTEM; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0026720345     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.131.1.1319330     Document Type: Article

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