adrenocorticotropic hormone (acth)
71Cushing's disease — Classification and external resources ICD 10 E24.0 Cushing s disease is a cause of Cushing s Syndrome characterised by increased secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the anterior pituitary. This is most often as a result of a… …
72Neuropeptide Y — Structure of Neuropeptide Y. From PDB 1ron …
73Head and neck anatomy — focuses on the structures of the head and neck of the human body, including the brain, bones, muscles, blood vessels, nerves, glands, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, and throat. It is an area frequently studied in depth by surgeons, dentists, dental… …
74Negative feedback — Most endocrine hormones are controlled by a physiologic negative feedback inhibition loop, such as the glucocorticoids secreted by the adrenal cortex. The hypothalamus secretes corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), which directs the anterior… …
75Proopiomelanocortin — Pro opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a precursor polypeptide with 241 amino acid residues. This gene encodes a polypeptide hormone precursor that undergoes extensive, tissue specific, post translational processing via cleavage by subtilisin like… …
76avoidance behaviour — Type of activity, exhibited by animals exposed to adverse stimuli, in which the tendency to flee or to act defensively is stronger than the tendency to attack. Vision is the sense that most often produces avoidance behaviour (e.g., small birds… …
77Adrenal gland — Endocrine system Adrenal gland …
78corticorelin ovine triflutate — cor·ti·co·rel·in ovine tri·flu·tate (kor″tĭ ko relґin) an analogue of human corticotropin releasing hormone; both stimulate release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the anterior pituitary, which in turn stimulates cortisol… …
79Neuroendocrine tumors — Infobox Disease Name = Neuroendocrine tumors Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = M8013/3, M8041/3, M8246/3, M8247/3, M8574/3 OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D018358 Neuroendocrine tumors, or more properly… …
80Prednisone — For the active metabolite of prednisone which is also used as a drug including as eye drops, see prednisolone. Prednisone Systematic (I …
