Pituitary-Adrenal System - Physiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Stress induced hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis responses and disturbances in psychological profiles in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

14 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: Chronic pelvic pain in men has a strong relationship with biopsychosocial stress and central nervous system sensitization may incite or perpetuate the pain syndrome. We evaluated patients and asymptomatic controls for psychological factors ... Read more...

Use of morning serum cortisol level after transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenoma to predict the need for long-term glucocorticoid supplementation.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECT: Accurate assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is critical for appropriate management of the disease in patients with pituitary adenoma after transsphenoidal resection. The authors examine the role of the morning total ... Read more...

The maternal cortisol awakening response in human pregnancy is associated with the length of gestation.

27 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between intraindividual changes in cortisol responsiveness over pregnancy and the length of human gestation. STUDY DESIGN: Pregnancy-related changes in the cortisol awakening ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pituitary-Adrenal System - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Stress induced hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis responses and disturbances in psychological profiles in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. 14 Sep 2009
• Use of morning serum cortisol level after transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenoma to predict the need for long-term glucocorticoid supplementation. 30 Aug 2009
• The maternal cortisol awakening response in human pregnancy is associated with the length of gestation. 27 Aug 2009
• Factors that deregulate the protective immune response in tuberculosis. 16 Aug 2009
• [Research progress on the effects of prenatal exposure to stress and metals on neurodevelopment of offspring] 29 Jun 2009
• Ontogeny and individual variation in the adrenocortical response of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) nestlings. 29 Jun 2009
• Regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. 27 Jun 2009
• Psychosocial stress and liver disease status. 26 Jun 2009
• Social stress desensitizes lymphocytes to regulation by endogenous glucocorticoids: insights from in vivo cell trafficking dynamics in rhesus macaques. 22 Jun 2009
• Modulation of glucocorticoid receptor nuclear translocation in neurons by immunophilins FKBP51 and FKBP52: implications for major depressive disorder. 19 Jun 2009
• Prenatal stress and neurodevelopment of the child: focus on the HPA axis and role of the placenta. 15 Jun 2009
• The brain and the stress axis: the neural correlates of cortisol regulation in response to stress. 11 Jun 2009
• Genetics of human aggressive behaviour. 7 Jun 2009
• Regulatory mechanism of the arginine vasopressin-enhanced green fluorescent protein fusion gene expression in acute and chronic stress. 4 Jun 2009
• The brain dopaminergic system as an important center regulating liver cytochrome P450 in the rat. 30 May 2009
• Neural regulation of endocrine and autonomic stress responses. 30 May 2009
• Assessing the neuroendocrine stress response in the functional neuroimaging context. 25 May 2009
• Abnormalities in aggression and anxiety in transgenic mice overexpressing activin E. 18 May 2009
• Acute incremental exercise, performance of a central executive task, and sympathoadrenal system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity. 16 May 2009
• Increased rat serum corticosterone suggests immunomodulation by stimulation of the vagal nerve. 12 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Pituitary-Adrenal System'

Definition: The interactions between the anterior pituitary and adrenal glands, in which corticotropin (ACTH) stimulates the adrenal cortex and adrenal cortical hormones suppress the production of corticotropin by the anterior pituitary.

Descriptor UI: D010913

Alternative terms: Pituitary-Adrenal System; Pituitary Adrenal System; Pituitary-Adrenal Systems; System, Pituitary-Adrenal; Systems, Pituitary-Adrenal;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; innervation; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A06.407.691;

History Note: 68(66); was in Cat G only 1966-74

Technical Notes: hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: coord HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM + PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM