Alterations in the ageing corticotropic stress-response axis

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 242, Issue , 2002, Pages 46-65

  Björntorp, Per ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS;

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