The Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and the Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axes interplay

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 172-181

  Mastorakos, George ^a,b   Pavlatou, Maria G ^a   Mizamtsidi, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b 3 Neofytou Vamva Str ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Cortisol; CRH; GnRH; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTALARMIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MYOMETRIUM; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OVARY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; STRESS; TESTIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VERTEBRATE;

ADOLESCENT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; OVARY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; STRESS; TESTIS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 33645409859     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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