Photoperiodic modulation of adrenal gland function in the rhesus macaque: Effect on 24-h plasma cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate rhythms and adrenal gland gene expression

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-285

  Lemons, Dario R ^a   Downs, Jodi L ^a,b,c   Raitiere, Martin N ^a   Urbanski, Henryk F ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; MACACA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROCORTISONE; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650739426     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-08-0437     Document Type: Article

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