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Neuropeptide Y inhibits corticosterone secretion by isolated rat adrenocortical cells
L K Malendowicz1, B Leśniewska, B Miśkowiak
1Department of Histology and Embryology, Poznań Academy of Medicine, Poland.
Experientia
|July 15, 1990
Abstract:
Studies with isolated rat adrenocortical cells have shown that neuropeptide Y (NPY) inhibits both basal and ACTH-stimulated corticosterone secretion. These results suggest the regulatory role of NPY in corticosterone secretion from the adrenal gland, especially during stress.