Regulation of adrenal arterial tone by adrenocorticotropin: The plot thickens

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3566-3568

  Gomez Sanchez, Celso E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b G V SONNY MONTGOMERY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL BLOOD FLOW; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY TONE; DEGRANULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MAST CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 34547124321     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0560     Document Type: Short Survey

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