Effect of Novel Melanocortin Type 2 Receptor (MC2R) Antagonists on the Corticosterone Response to ACTH in the Neonatal Rat Adrenal Gland in vivo and in vitro.
Stress-induced increases in neonatal corticosterone demonstrate a unique shift from ACTH-independence to ACTH-dependence between post-natal day two (PD2) and eight (PD8) in newborn rats. This shift could be due to binding of a bioactive, non-immunoreactive, plasma ligand to the adrenocortical MC2R (...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2016.00023/full |