Gerontology · 2009 · 10 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesEndocrinologyPhysiologyAgingNeuroendocrinologyStress PhysiologyAdrenal HormonesAdrenal Steroid HormonesHormone SecretionHypothalamic-pituitary RegulationNeuroendocrine PhysiologyStress EndocrinologyAdrenal Steroid Secretion DynamicsAdrenocortical SecretionChronic StressEmotional StressSteroid Hormone SecretionStress HormonesStress-induced Hormone RegulationStress-induced Neuroendocrine Responses
Experiments on adult (6-8 months) and old (24-28 months) male rats under chronic emotional-pain stress showed that in aging the reliability of the control system of corticosterone secretion remains unchanged while that of aldosterone secretion decreased.