Increased response of plasma allopregnanolone to corticotropin-releasing hormone in obese patients

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 124-129

  Menozzi, Renata ^a   Florio, Pasquale ^b   Bondi, Marcella ^a   Luisi, Stefano ^b   Cobellis, Luigi ^b   Genazzani, Andrea Riccardo ^c   Del Rio, Giovanni ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Neurosteroids; Obesity; Stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OBESITY; PREGNANOLONE;

EID: 0036184556     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048228     Document Type: Article

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