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    Glossary Corticosterone

    steroid hormone from adrenal glands regulating stress and energy

    Corticosterone is a steroid hormone produced in the adrenal cortex, which is part of the adrenal glands located on top of the kidneys. It plays a crucial role in regulating energy, immune response, and stress by influencing the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. In humans, it is less prominent than cortisol but still significant in the overall hormonal balance.

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    1. Corticosterone inhibits GAS6 to govern hair follicle stem-cell quiescence Nature · 2021 · 77 citations
    2. Rapid nongenomic modulation by neurosteroids of dendritic spines in the hippocampus: Androgen, oestrogen and corticosteroid Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2017 · 33 citations
    3. Hair corticosterone measurement in mouse models of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus Physiology & Behavior · 2017 · 32 citations
    4. Corticosterone enhances the potency of ethanol against hippocampal long-term potentiation via local neurosteroid synthesis Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · 2015 · 11 citations
    5. Progesterone regulates corticosterone elevation and alterations in spatial memory and exploratory behavior induced by stress in Wistar rats Universitas Psychologica · 2010 · 5 citations
    6. The interaction between finasteride and corticosterone levels: implications for depression-, and anxiety-like behavior and hippocampal synaptic plasticity in male rats Psychopharmacology · 2025
    7. Corticosterone inhibits GAS6 to govern hair follicle stem-cell quiescence Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology · 2021
    8. Corticosteroids for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy Cochrane library · 2016 · 379 citations
    9. PULSED ADMINISTRATION OF CORTICOSTEROIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF ALOPECIA AREATA International Journal of Dermatology · 1996 · 117 citations
    10. Low disease activity—irrespective of serologic status at baseline—associated with reduction of corticosteroid dose and number of flares in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with belimumab: A real-life observational study Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism · 2018 · 70 citations
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    1. The ending of alopecia? Corticosterone inhibits GAS6 to govern hair follicle stem-cell quiescence Reddit · 30 Oct 2021
    2. Relax to grow more hair. Study title: Corticosterone inhibits GAS6 to govern hair follicle stem-cell quiescence Reddit · 31 Mar 2021
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    8. One Year Progress (Topical Fin/Min) Reddit · 23 Mar 2025
    9. Dry flakes from topical fin use Reddit · 26 Feb 2025
    10. Got a hair transplant a few days ago and my forehead is so swollen Reddit · 24 Jan 2025
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    1. Hydrocortisone Mild corticosteroid used on the skin and scalp
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