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Effects of loperamide on the human hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in vivo and in vitro. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
Pfeiffer, M.   +4 more
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Effects of intrauterine exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids on fetal, newborn, and infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in humans: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: Synthetic glucocorticoids are commonly used in reproductive medicine. Fetal organ systems are highly sensitive to changes in the intrauterine environment, including overexposure to glucocorticoids.
Pryce, C R   +8 more
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Melatonin Improves Outcomes of Heatstroke in Mice by Reducing Brain Inflammation and Oxidative Damage and Multiple Organ Dysfunction

open access: yesMediators of Inflammation, 2013
We report here that when untreated mice underwent heat stress, they displayed thermoregulatory deficit (e.g., animals display hypothermia during room temperature exposure), brain (or hypothalamic) inflammation, ischemia, oxidative damage, hypothalamic ...
Yu-Feng Tian   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dream Recall/Affect and the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis

open access: yesClocks & Sleep, 2021
In this concise review, we present an overview of research on dream recall/affect and of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, discussing caveats regarding the action of hormones of the HPA axis (mainly cortisol and its free form, cortisol ...
Athanasios Tselebis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in depressive-like behaviors induced by spinal cord injury based on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and hippocampal neurogenesis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2021
A reduction in sucrose preference is a key characteristic of depressive-like behaviors after spinal cord injury as judged by the sucrose preference test, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and adult hippocampal neurogenesis.
Chang-Hong Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Familial longevity is marked by lower diurnal salivary cortisol levels: the leiden longevity study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Reported findings are inconsistent whether hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) signaling becomes hyperactive with increasing age, resulting in increasing levels of cortisol.
Westendorp, Rudi G J   +63 more
core   +1 more source

Gene array analysis of adrenal glands in broiler chickens following ACTH treatment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Difference in adaptability responses to stress has been observed amongst bird species, strains, and individuals. Components of the HPA axis, one of the internal systems involved in homeostasis re-establishment following stress, could play a role in this ...
Young Kyoung Park   +13 more
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Ansiedade, pânico e o eixo hipotálamo-pituitária-adrenal Anxiety, panic and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2007
OBJETIVO: Este artigo discute a ativação diferencial do eixo hipotálamo-pituitária-adrenal no transtorno de ansiedade generalizada e no transtorno de pânico. MÉTODO: Resultados de recentes revisões da literatura são resumidos e discutidos. RESULTADOS: Os
Frederico G Graeff
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiac autonomic and cortisol stress responses to real operations in surgeons: relationship with individual psychobiological characteristics and experience

open access: yesBioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2023
Background Surgeons are exposed to high levels of intraoperative stress, which could compromise their psychological well-being in the long term. This study aimed at exploring the effects of real operations on the activity of stress response systems (i.e.,
Luca Carnevali   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cortisol awakening response in infants during the first six postnatal months and its relation to birth outcome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Context: The rise of cortisol concentrations after awakening is well documented in adults and children and commonly used as easily accessible marker of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) reactivity.
Knierzinger, Nicole   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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