Adrenergic stimulation of the human pituitary-adrenal axis is attenuated by an analog of met-enkephalin.
It has previously been suggested that endogenous opioid peptides may suppress the pituitary-adrenal axis in man by inhibiting an excitatory alpha 1-adrenoceptor input to neural mechanisms liberating corticotrophin-releasing factor or factors (CRFs). This hypothesis has been tested here by investigat...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1991
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