Acute effects of thyroid hormones on the production of adrenal cAMP and corticosterone in male rats

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 2 37-2, 1998, Pages

  Lo, Ming Jae ^a   Kau, Mei Mei ^a   Chen, Yen Hao ^b   Tsai, Shiow Chwen ^a   Chiao, Yu Chung ^a   Chen, Jiann Jong ^a   Liaw, Charlie ^a   Lu, Chien Chen ^a   Lee, Bu Pian ^a   Chen, Si Chih ^b   Fang, Victor S ^c   Ho, Low Tone ^c   Wang, Paulus S ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3,5,3' triiodothyronine; Adenosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate; P450c11 activity; Thyroxine; Zona fasciculata reticularis cells

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; THYROID HORMONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA;

EID: 33746503631     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.2.e238     Document Type: Article

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