Adrenal splanchnic innervation contributes to the diurnal rhythm of plasma corticosterone in rats by modulating adrenal sensitivity to ACTH

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Ulrich Lai, Yvonne M ^a   Arnhold, Michelle M ^a   Engeland, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Cyclic 3 5 adenosine monophosphate; Medullectomy; Splanchnic nerve; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CAPSAICIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLANCHNIC NERVES;

EID: 33646473698     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00042.2003     Document Type: Article

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