Sex steroid modulation of cortisol secretion in sheep

Sex steroid modulation of cortisol secretion in sheep

There is strong evidence that the gonads modulate the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. To investigate these sex differences at the adrenal glands of sheep we compared the cortisol response to ACTH (experiment 1) and measured the relative expression of oestrogen receptor alpha (ERS1), androgen re...

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Main Authors: E. van Lier, M. Carriquiry, A. Meikle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
sex steroids
gonadectomy
adrenal
receptors
sheep
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114000780

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