"Adrenal Glands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pair of glands located at the cranial pole of each of the two KIDNEYS. Each adrenal gland is composed of two distinct endocrine tissues with separate embryonic origins, the ADRENAL CORTEX producing STEROIDS and the ADRENAL MEDULLA producing NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000311
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.071
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| Concept/Terms |
Adrenal Glands- Adrenal Glands
- Adrenal Gland
- Gland, Adrenal
- Glands, Adrenal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adrenal Glands" by people in Profiles.
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Lim V, Guo Q, Grant CS, Thompson GB, Richards ML, Farley DR, Young WF. Accuracy of adrenal imaging and adrenal venous sampling in predicting surgical cure of primary aldosteronism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Aug; 99(8):2712-9.
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Sebastiano C, Zhao X, Deng FM, Das K. Cystic lesions of the adrenal gland: our experience over the last 20 years. Hum Pathol. 2013 Sep; 44(9):1797-803.
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Dun SL, Brailoiu GC, Yang J, Chang JK, Dun NJ. Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide and sympatho-adrenal axis. Peptides. 2006 Aug; 27(8):1949-55.
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Young WF, Stanson AW, Thompson GB, Grant CS, Farley DR, van Heerden JA. Role for adrenal venous sampling in primary aldosteronism. Surgery. 2004 Dec; 136(6):1227-35.
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Joynt KE, Whellan DJ, O'Connor CM. Depression and cardiovascular disease: mechanisms of interaction. Biol Psychiatry. 2003 Aug 1; 54(3):248-61.
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Coulter CL, Pestell RG, Ross JT, Salkeld MD, James S, Bennett HP, McMillen IC. Effect of N-proopiomelanocortin (1-77) and (1-49) infusions on adrenal expression of cyclin D1 in the fetal sheep. Endocr Res. 2002 Nov; 28(4):625-9.
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Mitchell DG, Nascimento AB, Alam F, Grasel RP, Holland G, O'Hara BJ. Normal adrenal gland: in vivo observations, and high-resolution in vitro chemical shift MR imaging-histologic correlation. Acad Radiol. 2002 Apr; 9(4):430-6.