Relationship between plasma adrenocorticotropin, hypothalamic opioid tone, and plasma leptin

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2138-2142

  Wand, Gary S ^a   Schumann, Henry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; LEPTIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; KINETICS; LEPTIN; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031763104     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.6.2138     Document Type: Article

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