"Pituitary-Adrenal System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The interactions between the anterior pituitary and adrenal glands, in which corticotropin (ACTH) stimulates the adrenal cortex and adrenal cortical hormones suppress the production of corticotropin by the anterior pituitary.
| Descriptor ID |
D010913
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.691
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| Concept/Terms |
Pituitary-Adrenal System- Pituitary-Adrenal System
- Pituitary Adrenal System
- Pituitary-Adrenal Systems
- System, Pituitary-Adrenal
- Systems, Pituitary-Adrenal
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pituitary-Adrenal System" by people in Profiles.
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Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Linking Mood Disorders, HPA Axis Dysregulation, and Neurocognitive Inflammation to Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders. Biomolecules. 2026 Aug 12; 16(8).
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Sex-specific associations between loneliness and hair cortisol among older African American adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2026 Apr; 186:107755.
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Luteal phase sertraline treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD): Effects on markers of hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis activation and inflammation. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2024 11; 169:107145.
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Salivary cortisol awakening levels are reduced in human subjects with intermittent explosive disorder compared with controls. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2023 05; 151:106070.
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Day-to-day coordination of the stress and reproductive axes: A continuous-time analysis of within-person testosterone and cortisol relationships in athletic and healthy men. Physiol Behav. 2023 05 01; 263:114104.
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Neuroendocrine Dysfunction in the Acute Setting of Penetrating Brain Injury: A Systematic Review. World Neurosurg. 2021 03; 147:172-180.e1.
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Early and current life adversity: Past and present influences on maternal diurnal cortisol rhythms during pregnancy. Dev Psychobiol. 2021 03; 63(2):305-319.
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HPA axis response and psychosocial stress as interactive predictors of suicidal ideation and behavior in adolescent females: a multilevel diathesis-stress framework. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 12; 43(13):2564-2571.
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Examining HPA-axis functioning as a mediator of the relationship between depression and cognition across the adult lifespan. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2019 07; 26(4):507-520.
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Noncanonical thyroid hormone signaling mediates cardiometabolic effects in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 12 26; 114(52):E11323-E11332.