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SUBMITTER: Son GH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5915959 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Son Gi Hoon GH Cha Hyo Kyeong HK Chung Sooyoung S Kim Kyungjin K
Journal of the Endocrine Society 20180406 5
Adrenal glucocorticoids (GCs) control a wide range of physiological processes, including metabolism, cardiovascular and pulmonary activities, immune and inflammatory responses, and various brain functions. During stress responses, GCs are secreted through activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, whereas circulating GC levels in unstressed states follow a robust circadian oscillation with a peak around the onset of the active period of a day. A recent advance in chronobiological res ...[more]