Transcriptional implications of ultradian glucocorticoid secretion in homeostasis and in the acute stress response

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-129

  Scheff, Jeremy D ^a   Calvano, Steve E ^b   Lowry, Stephen F ^b   Androulakis, Ioannis P ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Modeling; Pharmacodynamics

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84856659886     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00128.2011     Document Type: Article

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