The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA axis) is required for stress adaptation.
Activation of the HPA axis causes secretion of glucocorticoids, which act on multiple organ …

3. Localization of corticotropin-releasing factor messenger RNA 432 B. Corticotropin-
releasing factor receptors 433 1. Biochemical charactization of the corticotropin-releasing …

1. The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) 574 1.1. Control of glucocorticoid levels
during stress 577 1.2. The diurnal rhythm of HPA activity 579 2. Roles of corticotropin …

Today, the scientific community readily embraces the fact that stress and nutrition impact
every physiologic process in the body. At last, the specific mechanisms by which stress and …

This review makes an attempt to combine data from biological and psychosocial stress
literature and to suggest an alternative interpretation of the relationship between stress and …

The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis plays a key role in adaptation to
environmental stresses. Parvicellular neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus …

The endocrine hypothalamus constitutes those cells which project to the median eminence
and secrete neurohormones into the hypophysial portal blood to act on cells of the anterior …

We examined possible mechanisms underlying seasonal stress modulation in Lapland
longspurs (Calcarius lapponicus), a species that breeds and molts (the energetically costly …

Ovariectomized ewes were treated with 100 IU insulin, iv, which caused reductions in blood
sugar and plasma LH concentrations. The effect was prevented by the infusion (iv) of …

This study compared plasma concentrations of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and cortisol in
young men (N= 10, mean age 24.4 years), young women (N= 10, mean age 25.4 years), old …