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Endocrine Aspects of Stress: Central and Peripheral Mechanisms

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The relationship between the hypothalamic — pituitary — adrenocortical (HPA) and the sympathetic — adrenomedullary (SA) systems is discussed by considering their role at the central and peripheral level. HPA and SA responses are not independent from each other and implicate a number of hormonal, monoaminergic and peptidergic reactions at the brain level. It is indicated that a number of interacting systems and feedback mechanisms take part in stress responses and that the corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) has a major role at all levels of the neuroendocrine effector system.

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Oliverio, A. (1987). Endocrine Aspects of Stress: Central and Peripheral Mechanisms. In: Wiepkema, P.R., Van Adrichem, P.W.M. (eds) Biology of Stress in Farm Animals: An Integrative Approach. Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3339-2_1

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