Characterization of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis in familial longevity under resting conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Jansen, Steffy W ^a   Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a   Akintola, Abimbola A ^a   Oei, Nicole Y ^a,b   Cobbaert, Christa M ^a   Ballieux, Bart E ^a   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a,c   Westendorp, Rudi G ^a,d   Pijl, Hanno ^a   Van Heemst, Diana ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ENTROPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGENY; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; VENOUS BLOOD; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84941312560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133119     Document Type: Article

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