Enlightening the adrenal gland.

Schibler U; Brown SA

doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2005.10.001

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Enlightening the adrenal gland.

Schibler U Department of Molecular Biology and NCCR Frontiers of Genetics, Sciences III, University of Geneva, 30, Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva-4, Switzerland.
Brown SA

2005-11-08

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Cell metabolism. - 2005

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone

English The secretion of glucocorticoid hormones is tightly regulated by the circadian clock and by negative humoral feedback loops, both acting on the hypothalamic-pituitary gland-adrenal axis. However, a new study Ishida et al., 2005 [this issue of Cell Metabolism) shows that light can influence the adrenal's glucocorticoid output by a more direct pathway.

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