Modeling the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system: Homeostasis by interacting positive and negative feedback

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-162

  Conrad, Matthias ^a   Hubold, Christian ^b   Fischer, Bernd ^b   Peters, Achim ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal system; Parameter estimation; Physiological modeling; Physiological system; Stress system

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; VALIDITY;

EID: 64749115986     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-009-9134-3     Document Type: Article

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