Impaired diurnal adrenal rhythmicity restored by constant infusion of corticotropin-releasing hormone in corticotropin-releasing hormone-deficient mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2923-2929

  Muglia, Louis J ^a,c   Jacobson, Lauren ^a   Weninger, Stacie C ^b   Luedke, Christina E ^a   Bae, Donald S ^b   Jeong, Kyeong Hoon ^a   Majzoub, Joseph A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Circadian rhythm; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Glucocorticoids; Knockout mice

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030925414     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119487     Document Type: Article

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