Article
Glucocorticoid replacement, but not corticotropin-releasing hormone deficiency, prevents adrenalectomy-induced anorexia in mice.
Endocrinology - 1 Jan 1999
Jacobson L
Abstract excerpt
There is considerable evidence that CRH can suppress food intake. As hypothalamic CRH, a main site of CRH expression, is also negatively regulated by glucocorticoids, it is unclear whether anorexia and weight loss in adrenal insufficiency are attributable to elevated CRH or to decreased glucocort...
Topics
- Adrenalectomy
- Animals
- Anorexia
- Body Weight
- Corticosterone
- Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
- Energy Intake
- Genotype
- Glucocorticoids
- Insulin
- Leptin
- Male
- Mice
