adrenocorticotrophic hormone
EFFECTS OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE ON NEURO MUSCULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
... The adrenocorticotrophic hormone of the pituitary gland has been administered to patients with myasthenia gravis mainly on the basis of the following observations and inferences: 1 the i[r] ...
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THE EFFECT OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE IN CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA WITH VIRILISM AND IN CUSHING'S SYNDROME TREATED WITH METHYL TESTOSTERONE
... The Cushing's syndrome showed a rise in the renal excretion of 17-ketosteroids and neutral reducing lipids, a rise in the fasting blood sugar, a fall in the respiratory quotient, a polym[r] ...
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Prolonged Hypocortisolemia in Hydrocortisone Replacement Regimens in Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone Deficiency
... growth hormone (GH; n ⫽ 11), intranasal desmopressin acetate (n ⫽ 7), oral desmopressin acetate (n ⫽ 4), oral estradiol valerate (2 girls), and oral testosterone undecanoate (3 ...
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THE INFLUENCE OF CORTISONE AND ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE ON BRUCELLOSIS II ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE (ACTH) IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS
... He continued titer of agglutinins, and nine cultures of blood observed well until seven months after his discharge from the during and after the administration of ACTH remained hospital [r] ...
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Blood Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone and Plasma Corticosteroids in men Exposed to Adverse Environmental Conditions
... Hypoxia equivalent to that at 14,000 feet altitude, high environmental temperature 500 C., or hypoxia in combination with heat induced no detectable increase in the titer of ACTH in peri[r] ...
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Plasma Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone in Addison's Disease and its Modification by the Administration of Adrenal Steroids
... A bioassay utilizing the adrenal venous blood content of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids in the hypophysectomized dog as a measure of ACTH activity has been applied to a study of the ACTH cont[r] ...
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THE INFLUENCE OF CORTISONE AND ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE ON BRUCELLOSIS I CORTISONE IN EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED ANIMALS
... Fortydissemination of the infection in the cortisone- of thehours prior to death in the guinea pigs and rabbits eight treated animals; the individual lesions showed more Brucella antigen[r] ...
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THE EFFECT OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE ON CHILDREN WITH THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME II PHYSIOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS ON DISCRETE KIDNEY FUNCTIONS AND PLASMA VOLUME
... The changes observed in plasma volume and glomerular filtration rate support the concept that increases in plasma volume and glomerular filtration rate are associated with the mechanism [r] ...
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Predicting a low cortisol response to adrenocorticotrophic hormone in the critically ill: a retrospective cohort study
... The results of this analysis suggest that low pH/bicarbonate and low platelets, and greater severity of disease and organ failure are predictors of a subnormal increase in serum cortisol[r] ...
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Circulating β-endorphin, adrenocorticotrophic hormone and cortisol levels of stallions before and after short road transport: stress effect of different distances
... However, the large incremental rise in cortisol concentra- tion after transport of 100–300 km may be influenced by pituitary activity, exhibited by an increase in ACTH con- centrations. Moreover, the positive feedback of ...
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ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE (ACTH) THERAPY OF THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN CHILDREN
... Cellulitis, with marked leucocytosis and negative blood culture, occurred in another patient (J. K.) after 8 days of therapy. The infection responded to intensive antibiotic therapy and [r] ...
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EFFECT OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE ON RHEUMATIC FEVER
... During period of therapy, there was no change in mitral murmurs, aortic diastolic murmur became louder, cardiac size was unchanged, tachycardia diminished and ESR returned to normal.. Fo[r] ...
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Complex systems and the technology of variability analysis
... growth hormone (GH) every 5 min for 24 hours in healthy control indi- viduals and patients with acromegaly, reduced orderliness ...of adrenocorticotrophic hormone, GH, prolactin and cortisol lev- els ...
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Plasma Progesterone and 17 hydroxyprogesterone in normal men and children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
... The adrenal cortex has the capacity to synthesize and secrete 17-OHP and progesterone since adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) caused a fourfold increase in these plasma steroids. In children with ...
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Bright light therapy in pregnant women with major depressive disorder: study protocol for a randomized, double blind, controlled clinical trial
... CRF: Adrenocorticotrophic hormone-releasing factor; DLMO: Dim light melatonin onset; DRLT: Dim red light therapy; DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders; EPDS: Edinburgh Postnatal ...
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Corticotropin releasing hormone links pituitary adrenocorticotropin gene expression and release during adrenal insufficiency
... Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)–deficient (KO) mice provide a unique system to define the role of CRH in regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) ...mRNA, adrenocorticotrophic ...
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ACTH-secreting medullary thyroid cancer: a case series
... Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumour that originates from the parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland. The most common presentation of MTC is with a single nodule; however, by the time of ...
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The quality of parent child relationship and health in later life
... of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary gland into the circulating blood, and is in a few minutes transported to receptors in the adrenal ...stress hormone release, but if the axis ...
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CASE OF ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME WITH HYPERTENSION TREATED WITH CORTISONE
... A., and Wilkins, L., Effect of adrenocorticotrophic hormone in congenital adrenal hyperplasia with virilism and in Cushing’s syndrome treated with methyl testosterone, J. B., Zygmuntowic[r] ...
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OBSERVATIONS DURING ACTH AND CORTISONE ADMINISTRATION TO A PATIENT WITH LONGSTANDING PANHYPO PITUITARISM AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
... The opportunity to observe the effect of administration of pituitary adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH and 11-dehydro-17-hydroxycorticosterone cortisone on the moderately active rheumato[r] ...
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