Vascularization of the adrenal cortex: Its possible involvement in the regulation of steroid hormone release

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 546-557

  Bassett, Jack R ^a   West, Sandra H ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTH; glucocorticoids; vascular dam; venous drainage

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; HEMODYNAMICS; STEROID HORMONES;

ACTH; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; BLOOD FLOW; FLOWTHROUGH; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; VASCULAR DAM; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULATURE; VENOI DRAINAGE;

BLOOD;

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROID RELEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031000230     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970315)36:6<546::AID-JEMT11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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