Cross-talk between adrenal medulla and adrenal cortex in stress

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1148, Issue , 2008, Pages 112-117

  Ehrhart Bornstein, Monika ^a,b   Bornstein, Stefan R ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Adrenal medulla; Endocrine stress response; Intra adrenal

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID RELEASE; STRESS;

EID: 57649187083     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1410.053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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