introduction the dexamethasone test has been widely used for diagnosing hypercortisolism. materials and methods we assessed the relationship between the basal and suppressed cortisol values in urine and plasma during a low-dose dexamethasone test in patients with proved cushing&apos;s disease. results a statistically highly significant correlation was found (for urine cortisol: r = 0.66, p <0.0...

Introduction: Psychological stresses influence brain functions such as learning and memory. Environmental factors like types and durations of stress affect brain responsiveness. This study investigated the effects of two subchronic social and isolation stresses on learning, memory, adrenal glands weight and corticosterone levels in the hippocampus and frontal cortex. Methods: Eighteen male ...

background medication is one of the supplementary steps in dental treatment. dentists prescribe medicine in order to avoid post-surgery complications. to the best knowledge of the researchers, no thorough study has been carried out to review the prescribed drugs in fars province, iran. objectives the current study aimed to determine the current status of the issue and compare it with global sta...

The relationship between adrenal insufficiency and the HIV infection have been less investigated. aim of this study was to assess cortex function according stage in a group HIV-infected patients sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted cross-sectional 60 consenting subjects consisted 20 healthy controls 40 divided equally into 4 groups infection. Plasma cortisol levels were measured at baseline after s...

testosterone enanthate (te) is used by many athletes as a muscle builder. previous studies showed that high concentration of the drug in plasma may affect the natural function of endocrine glands, specially the secretion of the adrenocortical hormones. the objective of the present study was to examine the effects of high concentration of te on histometrical structure of adrenal cortex in male r...

The effect of malnutrition on the adrenal cortex has not been well studied. Earlier reports suggested that malnutrition in man produced adrenocortical hypofunction (Zubiratn and Gomez-Mont, 1953), and more recent reports suggest normal function (Lurie and Jackson, 1962) and possibly hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex in malnourished infants (Alleyne and Young, 1966). The purpose of this study ...