The essential physiologic function of ACTH is to stimulate cortisol production. It has other important actions in stimulating both mineralocorticoid production from the zona glomerulosa and ...
Abbreviations: ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; AME = apparent mineralocorticoid excess; CAH = congenital adrenal hyperplasia; DOC = deoxycorticosterone; FH-I = familial hyperaldosteronism type ...
Corticosteroid signaling by glucocorticoids is mediated through two distinct intracellular receptor subtypes referred as the mineralocorticoid ... on cortisol and ACTH responses to psychosocial ...