Free fatty acids exert an inhibitory effect on adrenocorticotropin and cortisol secretion in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1385-1390

  Lanfranco, Fabio ^a   Giordano, Roberta ^a   Pellegrino, Micaela ^a   Gianotti, Laura ^a   Ramunni, Josefina ^a   Picu, Andreea ^a   Baldi, Matteo ^a   Ghigo, Ezio ^a   Arvat, Emanuela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INTRALIPID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 1642357598     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-031132     Document Type: Article

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