Symposium 3: Glucocorticoids and Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis

Activity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in different obesity phenotypes

• R Pasquali
• V Vicennati

The corticotropin-releasing hormone system in the regulation of energy balance in obesity

• D Richard
• Q Huang
• E Timofeeva

Bottomed out: metabolic significance of the circadian trough in glucocorticoid concentrations

• MF Dallman
• SF Akana
• AM Strack

The role of stress and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome: neuro-endocrine and target tissue-related causes

• GP Chrousos