 Metyrapone
"Metyrapone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An inhibitor of the enzyme STEROID 11-BETA-MONOOXYGENASE. It is used as a test of the feedback hypothalamic-pituitary mechanism in the diagnosis of CUSHING SYNDROME.
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D008797
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.463
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metyrapone" by people in Profiles.
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Germano A, Saba L, De Francia S, Rapa I, Perotti P, Berruti A, Volante M, Terzolo M. CYP11B1 has no role in mitotane action and metabolism in adrenocortical carcinoma cells. PLoS One. 2018; 13(5):e0196931.
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Der-Avakian A, Will MJ, Bland ST, Deak T, Nguyen KT, Schmid MJ, Spencer RL, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Surgical and pharmacological suppression of glucocorticoids prevents the enhancement of morphine conditioned place preference by uncontrollable stress in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2005 May; 179(2):409-17.
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Scholnick DA, Weinstein RB, Gleeson TT. The influence of corticosterone and glucagon on metabolic recovery from exhaustive exercise in the desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1997 May; 106(2):147-54.
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Larsson R, Ross D, Berlin T, Olsson LI, Mold?us P. Prostaglandin synthase catalyzed metabolic activation of p-phenetidine and acetaminophen by microsomes isolated from rabbit and human kidney. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1985 Nov; 235(2):475-80.
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Carlon N, Stahl A, de Lanversin A. [Volumetric and cytological changes in the intermediate lobe of the rat hypophysis after administration of metopirone]. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil. 1970; 164(8):1775-82.
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Carlon N. [Cytology of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis of the dog]. Z Zellforsch Mikrosk Anat. 1967; 78(1):76-91.
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Carlon N, Stahl A. [Experimental study of the cytology of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis in dogs]. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil. 1966; 160(3):578-81.
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