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Oct 2026
Evidence for cortisol production in a shark
Abstract Corticosteroids are essential regulators of numerous physiological functions in vertebrates, including energy balance, immune responses, osmotic balance and metabolism. The terminal corticosteroids are highly conserved across jawed vertebrates, where cortisol or corticosterone mediates these physiological resp...
A. Weinrauch, I. Bouyoucos, W. G. Anderson
· Proceedings. Biological scie... · 0 citations