The origin of glucocorticoid hormone oscillations

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Walker, Jamie J ^a,b   Spiga, Francesca ^a   Waite, Eleanor ^a   Zhao, Zidong ^a   Kershaw, Yvonne ^a   Terry, John R ^a,c   Lightman, Stafford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; RAT; STEROID ANALYSIS; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863658762     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001341     Document Type: Article

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