Corticotropin Releasing Hormone

A hormone made in the pituitary gland. Corticotropin acts on the outer part of the adrenal gland to control its release of…

A small, irregularly stellate, acidophilic cell of the adenohypophysis, having small, sparsely distributed secretory granules and secreting adrenocorticotropic hormone and b-endorphin, which…

The determination of the ratio of corticosterone compared to creatinine present in a sample. The measurement may be expressed as a ratio…

The determination of the amount of corticosterone present in a sample.

An adrenocortical steroid that has modest but significant activities as a mineralocorticoid and a glucocorticoid. (From Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis…

Myocardial infarction damages heart tissue both during the initial ischemia and the subsequent reperfusion of tissues with oxygen. Corticosteroids can protect cardiac…