Asymmetries of Left and Right Adrenal Glands in Neural Innervation and Glucocorticoids Production.

ABSTRACT: The adrenal gland is paired peripheral end organs of the neuroendocrine system and is responsible for producing crucial stress hormones from its two functional compartments, the adrenal cortex, and the adrenal medulla under stimuli. Left-right asymmetry in vertebrates exists from the central nervous system to peripheral paired endocrine glands. The sided difference in the cerebral cortex is extensively investigated, while the knowledge of asymmetry of paired endocrine glands is still poor. The present study aims to investigate the asymmetries of bilateral adrenal glands, which play important roles in stress adaptation and energy homeostasis via steroid hormones produced from the distinct functional zones. Left and right adrenal glands from male C57BL/6J mice were initially histologically a

SUBMITTER: Saxu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10743655 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature