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. 2005 Nov;2(5):278-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2005.10.001.

Enlightening the adrenal gland

Ueli Schibler  1 , Steven A Brown
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Enlightening the adrenal gland

Ueli Schibler et al. Cell Metab. 2005 Nov.
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Abstract

The secretion of glucocorticoid hormones is tightly regulated by the circadian clock and by negative humoral feedback loops, both acting on the hypothalamic-pituitary gland-adrenal axis. However, a new study Ishida et al., 2005 [this issue of Cell Metabolism) shows that light can influence the adrenal's glucocorticoid output by a more direct pathway.

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