Sentences with phrase «of adrenal gland»

Peterson ME, Nichols CE: Diseases of the adrenal gland: Hyperadrenocorticism.

Nichols CE, Peterson ME: Diseases of the adrenal gland: Hypoadrenocorticism.

Nichols CE, Peterson ME, Thompson L: Diseases of the adrenal gland.

From the UC Davis Book of Dogs: «The cause of the disease is unknown, although immune - mediated destruction of the adrenal gland is suspected in most cases.

Cushing's disease may be the result of a benign or malignant tumor of the adrenal gland.

Generally, if the activity of the adrenal gland can be controlled, many dogs with this form of Cushing's disease can live normal lives for many years, as long as they take their medication and stay under close medical supervision.

The main concern is that too much of the adrenal gland will be destroyed causing the opposite disease to Cushing's: Addison's Disease (hypoadrenocorticism).

Rosenthal KL, Peterson ME, Quesenberry KE, Hillyer EV, Moroff SD, N. Beeber N, Lothrop CD: Hyperadrenocorticism associated with adrenocortical tumor or nodular hyperplasia of the adrenal gland in ferrets: 50 cases (1987 - 1991).

Kintzer PP, Peterson ME: Diseases of the adrenal gland.

Other terms which refer to different types of adrenal gland tumors include neurobastoma and ganglioneuroma.

Conventional treatment for Cushings Disease is to treat with a medication called trilostane that enzymatically inhibits the production or cortisol at the level of the adrenal gland, thereby neutralizing the over-stimulation caused by the functional pituitary gland tumor.

If the dog has a tumor of the adrenal gland, surgical removal is generally the best option.

Treatment of the condition can range from medication management to removal of the adrenal gland.

Lysodren selectively kills the outer layer of the adrenal gland that produces corticosteroids.

This medication attacks the tissue of the adrenal gland.

Addison's can be caused by diseases that affect the functioning of the adrenal gland.

Destroying the tissue of the adrenal gland is not definitive therapy for pituitary - dependent Cushing's.

In addition to destruction of the glucocorticoid («steroid») layer of the adrenal gland, Addison's may also destroy the mineralocorticoid layer of the adrenal gland, which regulates sodium and potassium conservation.

Only 15 % of Cushing dogs have a secretory tumor of the adrenal gland itself.

The inner layers of the adrenal gland are called the medulla.

Many times, surgery cures this disease, and the ferret lives the rest of its life free of adrenal gland problems.

Alopecia (hair loss) is usually the first and sometimes the only sign of adrenal gland disease.

An ACTH stimulation test to evaluate the ability of the adrenal gland to secrete cortisol can be used for diagnosis.

The cause is unknown; however, there appears to be an immune mediated destruction of the adrenal gland in most cases.

Generally, if the activity of the adrenal gland can be controlled, many dogs with this form of Cushing's Disease can live normal lives for many years as long as they take their medication and stay under close medical supervision.

Cushing's Disease may be the result of a benign or malignant tumor of the adrenal gland.

These are symptoms of adrenal gland problems, also known as adrenal fatigue.

The weight of the adrenal gland was similar in rats on all diets; however, when normalized to body weight CR and IF diets caused a relative increase in adrenal size, the magnitude of which was greater in females, compared with males.

It also can counteract the shrinkage of the adrenal gland caused by corticosteroid drugs.

Hormone imbalance was a common cause as indicated by measurements of the adrenal gland's main stress hormone, cortisol.

Tumors of the adrenal gland in Dr. Christopher Fletcher's Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumors, 4th Edition, p 1294

By having a greater understanding of adrenal gland function, its impact on the body, and methods of optimization, one can keep their body energized and working at its best.

A cortisol test is used to help diagnose disorders of the adrenal gland.

So, by adding Himalayan pink salt, you take some of the stress off of the adrenal gland, off of the kidneys, and give them a chance to recover a little bit.

Best comprehensive assessment of adrenal gland function.

Possible Implications: General indication of adrenal gland dysfunction.

So, epinephrine and norepinephrine are released from the medulla of the adrenal gland which is similar to an organ that would normally be found within your sympathetic nervous system (SNS.)

The other region of each adrenal gland (there are two, one on top of each kidney) is called the cortex.

Everyone in modern society has some degree of adrenal gland stress — it just depends if it is eustress (beneficial — glad to wake up out of bed type of stress) or distress.

Shortly after this discovery K. Unsicker and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University found that immature chromaffin cells obtained from the medulla (inner part) of the adrenal gland and cultured in the presence of NGF acquire the biochemical and morphological properties of sympathetic neurons.

Subsequent experiments carried out at the Laboratory of Cell Biology in Rome by Luigi Aloe and one of us (Levi - Montalcini) demonstrated that this remarkable transformation can also take place in the intact animal: repeated injections of NGF into rat fetuses, continued for two to three weeks after birth, resulted in the differentiation of chromaffin cells into sympathetic neurons in the core of the adrenal gland!

According to CSPI, «Industry - sponsored animal tests indicated that this dye, the third - most - widely - used, causes tumors of the adrenal gland and kidney.

Now, this thinning of the adrenal gland cortex was a very unusual abnormality for us, that has not been previously reported in dolphins in the literature... now, aside from chemical exposure, conditions that can cause the adrenal gland to become thin include things like cancer, autoimmune disease, fungal infections and tuberculosis.

If the function of the adrenal gland is disturbed, it does not produce enough stress - adjusting messengers.

By a sub-function of the adrenal gland, the so - called adrenal insufficiency, the production of the stress regulator decreases and the normal balance in the metabolism is disturbed.

Dr Leonardo Guasti added: «It represents an entirely new concept for the study of the adrenal gland as the ability to generate donor - specific and functional adrenal - like cells will facilitate the next generation of cell - based treatments for adrenal insufficiency, the modelling of adrenal specific diseases, and the testing of personalised interventions on cells derived from patients.»

JAMES GAMMON Lent his gravelly, tough - as - nails voice to dozens of TV shows (Grey's Anatomy, Nash Bridges) and movies (Wyatt Earp, Cold Mountain) before dying in 2010 from cancer of the adrenal glands and liver.

>> INVITE IT, DO N'T FIGHT IT «'' Nervous symptom (jitters, muscle tension, nausea are caused by a rush a adrenaline (a hormone pumped out of our adrenal glands) which is present to help support our «fight or flight» response.

Recent work suggests that each kind is associated with a different secretion of the adrenal glands

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is a genetic disorder of the adrenal glands.