Links

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_cortex

https://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/Adrenals.html

https://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit6_3_endo_glnds3_adrenal.html

https://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/adrenal/steroids.html

Further Reading

Textbooks

Saladin,K.S. Anatomy & Physiology:The unity of form and function. 3rd edition. McGraw Hill

Martini, F. Fundamentals of anatomy and physiology, 5th edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J

Boron, W and Bouldpaep, E. Medical physiology: a cellular and molecular approach. Elsevier Saunders

Research papers & review articles

Rashid S, and Lewis, G.F. The mechanisms of differential glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid action in the brain and peripheral tissues. Clinical Biochemistry, 2005, 38(5), 401-9

Funder JW, Sheppard K. Adrenocortical steroids and the brain. Annual Review of Physiology, 1987, 49, 397-411