No effect of free fatty acids on adrenocorticotropin and cortisol secretion in healthy young men

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1022-1028

  Mai, Knut ^a,b   Bobbert, Thomas ^a,b   Kullmann, Volker ^a,b   Andres, Janin ^a,b   Bähr, Volker ^a,b   Maser Gluth, Christiane ^d   Rochlitz, Helmut ^a,b   Spranger, Jochen ^a,b   Diederich, Ssven ^a,b,c   Pfeiffer, Andreas F H ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c Endokrinologikum Berlin   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE DERIVATIVE; LIPID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAHYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROID URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; STEROIDS;

EID: 33745699460     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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