"Pituitary-Adrenal System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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 ID |
D010913
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.691
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| Concept/Terms |
Pituitary-Adrenal System- Pituitary-Adrenal System
- Pituitary Adrenal System
- Pituitary-Adrenal Systems
- System, Pituitary-Adrenal
- Systems, Pituitary-Adrenal
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pituitary-Adrenal System" by people in Profiles.
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Heartbreak to immune breakdown: myocardial infarction is causing thymic injury mediated by activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 Aug 01; 327(2):H518-H520.
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Communication and social interaction anxiety enhance interleukin-1 beta and cortisol reactivity during high-stakes public speaking. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018 08; 94:83-90.
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Fetal endocrine and metabolic adaptations to hypoxia: the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Sep 01; 309(5):E429-39.
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Altitude, attitude and adaptation. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2014; 814:147-57.
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Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection and the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2013 Jun; 14(2):105-12.
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Up-regulation of the fetal baboon hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in intrauterine growth restriction: coincidence with hypothalamic glucocorticoid receptor insensitivity and leptin receptor down-regulation. Endocrinology. 2013 Jul; 154(7):2365-73.
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Adrenocortical and adipose responses to high-altitude-induced, long-term hypoxia in the ovine fetus. J Pregnancy. 2012; 2012:681306.
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Naltrexone effects on cortisol secretion in women and men in relation to a family history of alcoholism: studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2012 Dec; 37(12):1922-8.
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Biological correlates of direct exposure to terrorism several years postdisaster. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2010 Aug; 22(3):186-95.
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Long-term hypoxia enhances ACTH response to arginine vasopressin but not corticotropin-releasing hormone in the near-term ovine fetus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2009 Sep; 297(3):R892-9.