Status of the hypophyseo-adrenal system and functional morphology of the adrenal glands in residents of Northern European areas of the USSR
Sukhanov, S.G.; Tkachev, A.V.
Arkhiv Patologii 51(4): 58-62
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955 PMID: 2545185 Document Number: 336699
Serum corticotropin and cortisol levels were measured in 20-40-year old healthy residents (144 males and 361 females) in the North. A functional Synacthen Depot test was performed in 5 volunteers. The adrenal glands from 56 males and 8 females of the same age who had died from accidents were pathohistologically and stereometrically examined. The signs of functional tension were established in the pituitary-adrenal cortex system. The Synacthen Depot test determined sufficient potentials of the organ to show responses to specific stimulation. Morphologically, a number of changes were found, which might be regarded as a prerequisite to the development of functional and pathological disturbances in the above-mentioned link of the endocrine system.