Your pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland located at the base of your brain. It produces many types of hormones, including the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). ACTH stimulates the adrenal glands, ...

A baseline ACTH level measured on the same blood sample as your cortisol level can assess your cortisol production. An ACTH stimulation test measures the ability of your adrenal glands to respond to ...

THE response of the adrenal cortex to intensive stimulation with exogenous ACTH provides an excellent guide to the functional status of the adrenal cortex under most circumstances. Tests based on this ...

Background and method: ACTH stimulation test is used for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in sepsis, but the optimal dosage of ACTH is still debatable. We, therefore, compared the efficacy of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AUSTIN, Texas — Preoperative identification of patients with silent adrenocorticotrophic hormone-secreting ...

Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2009;4(4):333-348. In stage 1 the first dysfunction observed as a consequence of the progression of the autoimmune process is an initial increase of PRA, at a time when ...

A new at-home saliva test that could offer a simpler and more rapid way to diagnose adrenal insufficiency among patients at high risk has been unveiled by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

CLINICAL differentiation of active from inactive acromegaly is often difficult. At the present time a diagnosis of active disease is often based on the tenuous correlation of certain signs and ...

Symptomatically, depressive periods are characterized by decreased energy, paralleled by reduced brain energy generation. 1, 2 This is highlighted by clinical studies examining glucose utilization, ...

Doctors diagnose Addison’s disease by considering the signs and symptoms and the person’s family history. Tests include blood and urine tests, a CT scan, and more. Blood tests will look for low sodium ...