Why is the adrenal adrenergic?

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-36

  Wong, Dona L ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenergic expression; Chromaffin cells; Phenylethanolamine N methyltransferase; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAZ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALIN RELEASE; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CHROMAFFIN CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; EPINEPHRINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037515669     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:14:1:25     Document Type: Review

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