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Adrenals

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Adrenals

Glands on top of the kidneys that produce four different types of hormones.

Mentioned in: Puberty

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Some authors have used quartered adrenals or hand-cut adrenal slices (20-24).

Irreversible Binding and Adrenocorticolytic Activity of the DDT ... by Brandt, Ingvar / Environmental Health Perspectives

Because cortisol is so vital to health, the amount of cortisol produced by the adrenals is precisely balanced.

Addison's disease by Pamphlet by: National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

nbsp;glands, perhaps in part because the adrenals in Parkinson's patients are often deficient in dopamine to begin with.

Fetal-cell transplants show few benefits by Weiss, Rick / Science News

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