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our laboratory indicate that under normal conditions, a non-noxious behavioral task does not increase levels of corticosterone (CORT), a steroid released by the adrenal glands in response to adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) from the anterior
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Institute of Genetic Medicine to Translational & Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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corticosterone. As cortisol production is almost ten times higher than corticosterone ( 8 ), previous studies have only focused on cortisol and assumed that these two glucocorticoids have identical functions ( 9 ). However, recent evidence suggests that cortisol
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the most used ( 6 ). Instead, in laboratory animal research, mainly performed on rats and mice, most of the studies still report data from blood sampling. In fact, faeces were used for measurements of corticosterone levels in rats and mice, in about
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-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11HSD1) and type 2 (11HSD2). 11HSD2 is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidations of cortisol and corticosterone to the inactive cortisone and 11-dehydrocorticosterone, reducing the local glucocorticoid signals. In contrast, 11HSD1 converts
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glucocorticoid synthesis, namely 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP), 11-deoxycortisol and cortisol as well as three steroids representing mineralocorticoid synthesis namely 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC), corticosterone and aldosterone were measured in a parallel assay
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closely linked to corticosterone (28) , both Crh mRNA transcription and circulating corticosterone are further increased on cocaine withdrawal (29) . In contrast, shock-induced reinstatement of heroin or alcohol seeking clearly depends on CRH, but not
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, 21-deoxycorticosterone, deoxycorticosterone, corticosterone, 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, cortisone, androstenedione, testosterone, dehydroepiandrostenedione sulfate (DHEA-S), estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle
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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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nine steroid hormones (cortisone, cortisol, corticosterone, 11 deoxycortisol, androstenedione, testosterone, 17a-hydroxyprogesterone, DHEA and progesterone) was performed using our previously published micro HPLC–MS/MS methods ( 6 , 7 ). Diagnostic
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Bone Research Program, ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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rodent equivalents dehydrocorticosterone and corticosterone) ( 7 , 8 ). The 11β-HSD type 1 enzyme is bidirectional but in vivo appears to act primarily as an activator of cortisol from cortisone ( 7 ). The 11β-HSD type 2 enzyme by contrast is a
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-deoxycortisol (11DF), deoxycortisosterone (DOC), corticosterone, cortisone and cortisol were determined by an inhouse LC–MS/MS method developed at the Hormone Laboratory in Oslo. In brief, steroid hormones were extracted from serum with ethyl acetate using