It is well known that hippocampal LTP is modulated by corticosteroids released from the adrenal glands, and the activity of adrenal glands, in turn, is influenced by hippocampal activity through the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical (HPA) axis. In the present research, we studied the relationship between hippocampal plasticity and the weight of adrenal glands, an indicator for the accumulat...

Extraadrenal abnormal uptake on adrenocortical scintigraphy has been reported rarely in the normal gallbladder, lipid cell tumor of the ovary, or in clear cell type renal cell carcinoma. Clear cell type renal cell carcinoma contains glycogen and cholesterol like the adrenal gland, but the uptake of the radionuclide I-131 cholesterol has been reported to be low and not sufficient to image it. Ri...

UNLABELLED Adrenal cystic lesions are uncommon but due to the improved radiologic imaging techniques their appearance seems to increase. MATERIAL AND METHODS We analyzed the clinical and radiological findings of 10 patients with adrenal cysts and the pathological features of the operative material. Standard dissection procedure and paraffin embedded tissue sections were made, stained by HE an...

Adenomatoid tumors of adrenal gland are rare, asymptomatic neoplasias, with benign behavior, and usually are diagnosed incidentally. We report a case of a voluminous adenomatoid tumor of left adrenal gland in a 42-year old man who sought evaluation because of renal colic due to left nephrolithiasis. During the investigation, a tumor localized in left adrenal gland was identified by ultrasonogra...

Putrescine is the major source of y-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the rat adrenal gland. Diamine oxidase, and not monoamine oxidase, is essential for GABA formation from putrescine in the adrenal gland. Aminoguanidine, a diamine oxidase inhibitor, decreases the GABA concentration in the adrenal gland by more then 70 % after 4 h, and almost to zero in 24 h. Studies using [14C]putrescine confirm th...

BACKGROUND Memantine attenuates heart stress due cold stress, however, no study focused its effects on liver and adrenal gland. We evaluated its effects on lipid depletion in adrenal gland and glycogen depletion in liver of rats exposed to cold stress. METHODS Male rats divided into 4 groups: 1)Control (CON); 2)Memantine (MEM); 3)Induced cold stress (IH) and; 4)Induced cold stress memantine (...

Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor (CFP) is a rare benign soft tissue lesion. We herein present an extremely rare case of CFP of the adrenal gland. A 32-year-old male patient presented to our hospital with a tumor-like lesion in the area of the left adrenal gland detected by ultrasound during a routine check-up several days prior. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging examination revealed a ...

CONTEXT Cavernous hemangiomas of the adrenal gland are rare benign neoplastic tumors. The clinical presentation of adrenal hemangiomas is usually vague, and they are often discovered incidentally through imaging examination s performed for other reasons. CASE REPORT We report the case of a non-functional adrenal hemangioma found incidentally in a 37-year-old man with a one-year history of hea...

AIM Adrenal gland metastasis are the second most common type of adrenal mass lesions after adenomas and they could be related to numerous malignancies; Literature shows that adrenal metastasis deriving from colorectal cancer are very rare. MATERIAL OF THE STUDY A 71-year old - male patient, treated two years before with right colectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for right colon cancer, came to...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical signs, gross pathology, serology, bacteriology, histopathology, electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry findings associated with toxoplasmosis in four Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins (Sousa chinensis) that stranded in Queensland in 2000 and 2001. DESIGN Clinical assessment, gross necropsy, and laboratory examinations. PROCEDURE Necropsies were perfor...