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Parent topics
- Anterior pituitary [r]: Endocrine gland that secretes hormones to regulate stress, growth, metabolism and reproduction. [e]
- Endocrinology [r]: Generically, the study of glands and the hormonal regulation of physiology; also the subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with diseases of the endocrine system [e]
- Hormone [r]: A chemical director of biological activity that travels through some portion of the body as a messenger. [e]
- Stress [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See stress (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Subtopics
- Corticotroph [r]: Endocrine cell type in the anterior pituitary gland that secretes ACTH. [e]
- Cushing's syndrome [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cushing's disease [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Addison's disease [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Glucocorticoid [r]: Corticosteroids that affect carbohydrate metabolism, inhibit adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion, and are anti-inflammatory. [e]
- Adrenal cortex [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cortisol [r]: Naturally-occurring glucocorticoid hormone which reduces inflammation. [e]