Age-related changes of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: pathophysiological correlates
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Age-related changes of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: pathophysiological correlates.
The aim of this review was to examine the evidence for age-related changes of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in both physiological and pathological aging, on the basis of the many data in the literature, as well as of our personal findings. A statistically significant circadian rhythmicity of serum cortisol was maintained in elderly subjects, even if with a reduced amplitude of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0804-4643,1479-683X
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1440319