Recent studies have established that dysregulation of the human immune system and the
reactivation of latent herpesviruses persists for the duration of a 6-month orbital spaceflight …

Declining thymic functions associated either with old age (ie, age-related thymic involution),
or with acute involution as a result of stress, infectious disease, or cytoreductive therapies …

Steroid hormones can modulate motivated behaviors through the mesocorticolimbic system.
Gonadectomy (GDX) is a common method to determine how steroids influence the …

Some concerns have been raised recently about the assay of corticosterone vs. cortisol in
poultry species. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that ducks secrete both glucocorticoids. First …

It is becoming more common for poultry scientists to utilize direct and indirect measures of
stress hormones to monitor bird welfare. However, it has been clear that our understanding …

Sucrose consumption is associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and
cognitive deficits. Sucrose intake during pregnancy might have particularly prominent effects …

Pheochromocytomas (PHEOs) are relatively rare catecholamine-producing tumors derived
from adrenal medulla. Tumor microenvironment (TME) including neoangiogenesis has been …

Corticosterone is produced by the adrenal glands and also produced locally by other
organs, such as the brain. Local levels of corticosterone in specific brain regions during …

During spaceflight, organisms are subjected to various physical stressors including
modification of gravity (G) that, associated with lifestyle, could lead to impaired immunity …

The anti-inflammatory role of extra-adrenal glucocorticoid (GC) synthesis at epithelial
barriers is of increasing interest with regard to the search for alternatives to synthetic …