Central effects of ghrelin on the adrenal cortex: A morphological and hormonal study

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-202

  Milošević, Verica Lj ^a   Stevanović, Darko M ^a   Nešić, Dejan M ^a   Šošić Jurjević, Branka T ^a   Ajdžanović, Vladimir Z ^a   Starčevic, Vesna P ^a   Severs, Walter B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Aldosterone; Corticosterone; Ghrelin; Male rats

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GHRELIN; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLIC BALANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; SECRETION (PROCESS); WISTAR RAT; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; GHRELIN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA; ZONA RETICULARIS;

EID: 77954118116     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2010_02_194     Document Type: Article

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