Pulsatile adrenocorticotropic hormone: An overview

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 342-365

  Gudmundsson, Adalsteinn ^b   Carnes, Molly ^a  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

circadian; corticotrophin; hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; pulsatility and periodicity; ultradian

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REVIEW;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS;

EID: 0031081457     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00005-4     Document Type: Review

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