Circadian clocks: Showtime for the adrenal cortex

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1451-1453

  Wilkinson, Charles W ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 41549135244     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0166     Document Type: Short Survey

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