Extra-adrenal production of corticosteroids

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 437-445

  Davies, Eleanor ^a   MacKenzie, Scott M ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11 hydroxylase; Aldosterone synthase; Brain; Glucocorticoids; Heart; Mineralocorticoids

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOCHROME P450 2B1; CYTOCHROME P450 2B2; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; GLYCOPROTEIN P; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENIN RELEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SODIUM ABSORPTION; SODIUM INTAKE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 0037897804     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2003.03867.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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