Medicina, 2020 Background and Objectives: To diagnose adrenal insufficiency (AI), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation tests may need to be performed, but those tests may not be available in some institutions.
Worapaka Manosroi +4 more
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Interpreting Neuroendocrine Hormones, Corticosterone, and Blood Glucose to Assess the Wellbeing of Anesthetized Rats during Euthanasia [PDF]
, 2018 Current recommendations for assessing animal wellbeing during euthanasia suggest that measuring neuroendocrine hormones-such as ACTH, noradrenaline, and adrenaline-is preferable to measuring corticosterone and blood glucose because of the sensitivity of ...
Hickman, Debra L.
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The effect of sodium valproate in Cushing's disease, Nelson's syndrome and Addison's disease [PDF]
, 1988 We investigated the effect of sodium valproate on plasma ACTH and serum cortisol concentrations in different pathological states of ACTH hypersecretion.
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Prediction of Infantile Spasms Recurrence after ACTH Therapy
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2016 Investigators from Okayama University Hospital, Japan, studied the predictive value of serial EEG findings (every 2 to 4 weeks) in relapse of epileptic spasms after synthetic ACTH therapy in patients with West syndrome (WS).
J. Gordon Millichap, John J. Millichap
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HYPERPIGMENTATION AND ACTH – AN OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE [PDF]
Romanian Medical Journal, 2019 Introduction. ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) is a key regulator of adrenal production involving cortisol as an essential hormone for life. The melanin is a pigment which is produced by melanocytes at the level of melanosomes (the melanogenesis ...
Florica Sandru +4 more
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, 2006 Ectopic adrenocorticotropin secretion (EAS) accounts for 10-15% of cases of Cushing's syndrome and comprises a spectrum of tumours from undetectable isolated lesions to widespread metastatic and aggressive malignancies. EAS is often associated with severe hypercortisolaemia causing hypokalaemia, diabetes, generalized infections, hypertension and ...
ISIDORI, Andrea +2 more
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Effects of loperamide on the human hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in vivo and in vitro. [PDF]
, 1992 Loperamide, an opiate agonist of high specificity for p-receptors, was recently reported to suppress ACTH and cortisol levels in normal subjects, but not in patients with proven ACTH-dependent Cushing’s disease. However, there is little information on
Auernhammer, Christoph J. +4 more
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Mirtazapine decreases stimulatory effects of reboxetine on cortisol, adrenocorticotropin and prolactin secretion in healthy male subjects [PDF]
, 2004 Reboxetine is a selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor, whereas mirtazapine acts as an antagonist at noradrenergic alpha(2), serotonin (5-HT2), 5-HT3 and histamine H-1 receptors.
Baghai, Thomas C. +2 more
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بررسی اثر تداخل عمل استرس بیحرکتی با نیکوتین بر عملکرد محور هیپوفیز-آدرنال در موشهای صحرایی نر بالغ [PDF]
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی سبزوار, 1970 زمینه و هدف: نیکوتین آلکالوئیدی است که از طریق مصرف سیگار مورد استفاده میلیونها نفر در دنیا میباشد، این افراد همزمان در معرض انواعی از استرسزاها قرار دارند که اثراتی را بر بدن، از جمله سیستمهای اندوکرین دارد.
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Effects of Imipramine and Lithium on the Suppression of Cell Proliferation in the Dentate Gyrus of the Hippocampus in Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-treated Rats [PDF]
, 2010 We examined the influence of chronic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) treatment on the number of Ki-67-positive cells in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in rats. ACTH treatment for 14 days decreased the number of such cells.
Asanuma, Masato +9 more
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