It was the purpose of the present investigation to measure the alterations in the response of the adrenal cortex, both to ACTH and to surgical trauma, produced by a five weeks' course of prednisone ...

Extensive cell contacts which resemble septate junctions occur between cells in the three major zones of the rat adrenal cortex. Characteristically, they extend between small intercellular canaliculi ...

IN a previous paper (Biochem. Z., 181, 433; 1927) it was shown that extracts of the adrenal cortex strongly reduce silver nitrate and iodine. This reduction could not be accounted for either by ...

Your two adrenal glands sit on top of each of your kidneys. While small in size, your adrenal glands are responsible for numerous hormone-related functions in your body. The adrenal glands are part of ...

The term adrenarche refers to the point when your adrenal cortex matures. This maturation typically occurs around five years of age and causes an increase in certain hormones. There are usually no ...

Addison’s disease occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of two steroid hormones called cortisol and aldosterone. This can cause fatigue, weakness, digestion problems, dehydration, and ...

Doctors divide adrenocortical carcinoma into four stages, depending on how far the cancer has spread and which tissues it affects. This helps inform decisions about treatment and outlook.

Delivered in part before the Section of Medicine of the Massachusetts Medical Society, June 6, 1933. Original work reported in this paper, supported in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of ...

This glucocorticoid is a steroid hormone that is created from cholesterol and is released from the adrenal cortex within the zona fasciculata layer. The hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis works ...

Getty Images Primary care clinicians are often the most accessible to patients and play a crucial role in the early detection and treatment of Addison Disease. The prevalence of AD in the US is ...