Clocks on top: The role of the circadian clock in the hypothalamic and pituitary regulation of endocrine physiology

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Tonsfeldt, Karen J ^a   Chappell, Patrick E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock; Feedback; Hypothalamus; Pituitary; SCN

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; MELATONIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROKINETICIN 2; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRESS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THYROID FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; SLEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 83555176409     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.07.003     Document Type: Review

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