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Parent topics
- Anterior pituitary [r]: Endocrine gland that secretes hormones to regulate stress, growth, metabolism and reproduction. [e]
- Endocrinology [r]: Generically, the study of glands and the hormonal regulation of physiology; also the subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with diseases of the endocrine system [e]
- Hormone [r]: A chemical director of biological activity that travels through some portion of the body as a messenger. [e]
- Stress (physiology) [r]: Pathological process resulting from the reaction of the body to external forces and conditions that tend to disturb the organism's homeostasis. [e]
- Physiological stress [r]: Biological consequences of the failure of an organism to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats to its being, whether actual or imagined. [e]
Subtopics
- Corticotroph [r]: Endocrine cell type in the anterior pituitary gland that secretes ACTH. [e]
- Cushing's syndrome [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cushing's disease [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Addison's disease [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Glucocorticoid [r]: Corticosteroids that affect carbohydrate metabolism, inhibit adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion, and are anti-inflammatory. [e]
- Adrenal cortex [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cortisol [r]: Naturally-occurring glucocorticoid hormone which reduces inflammation. [e]
- Stress (journal) [r]: A peer-reviewed biomedical journal that publishes research papers and reviews that contribute to the understanding of stress and its adverse consequences. [e]