ACTH Action on Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR) Biology

Adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) produced by the anterior pituitary stimulates glucocorticoid synthesis by the adrenal cortex. The first step in glucocorticoid synthesis is the delivery of cholesterol to the mitochondrial matrix where the first enzymatic reaction in the steroid hormone biosynthet...

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Main Author: Barbara J Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00547/full

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