The Possible Potassium Involvement in the Modulation of the Long-Term Trophic Action of ACTH on the Rat Adrenal Zona Fasciculata

C. Robba; P. Rebuffat; G. Mazzocchi; G. G. Nussdorfer

doi:10.1055/s-0029-1210513

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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1985; 86(6): 371-374
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210513

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The Possible Potassium Involvement in the Modulation of the Long-Term Trophic Action of ACTH on the Rat Adrenal Zona Fasciculata

C. Robba, P. Rebuffat, G. Mazzocchi, G. G. Nussdorfer

Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Padua/Italy

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1985

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16. Juli 2009 (online)

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Summary

The effects of chronic potassium loading on the zona fasciculata of the rat adrenal cortex were investigated. It was found that potassium stimulates the growth and the steroidogenic capacity of the zona fasciculata presumably by enhancing the trophic effects of ACTH.

Key words

Potassium - ACTH - Steroidogenesis - Adrenal cortex - Stereology