Addison's disease occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough hormones due to either the adrenal cortex not producing enough cortisol and aldosterone or when both adrenal glands have been ...

The cortex is also responsible for the production of sex hormones in another of its layers, known as adrenal androgens. Adrenal insufficiency is when the adrenal ... gland can not enter the adrenals ...

Spencer's research has focused on understanding the regulation of a neuroendocrine system, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis ... ACTH secretion and gene expression in the PVN and anterior ...

Synthesized in the adrenal cortex, corticosteroids may be further divided into two classes, glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, based on their biologic activity. Originally, the term ...