"Pituitary-Adrenal System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 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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Glucocorticoid receptor sensitivity in early pregnancy in an African American cohort. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2020 Jul; 84(1):e13252.
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Childhood maltreatment, pubertal development, HPA axis functioning, and psychosocial outcomes: An integrative biopsychosocial model. Dev Psychobiol. 2015 Dec; 57(8):984-93.
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Attenuated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning predicts accelerated pubertal development in girls 1 year later. Dev Psychopathol. 2015 Aug; 27(3):819-28.
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Relative influences: patterns of HPA axis concordance during triadic family interaction. Health Psychol. 2014 Mar; 33(3):273-81.
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Genetic load is associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation in macaques. Genes Brain Behav. 2012 Nov; 11(8):949-57.
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Salivary cortisol determined by enzyme immunoassay is preferable to serum total cortisol for assessment of dynamic hypothalamic--pituitary--adrenal axis activity. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2005 Sep; 63(3):336-41.