The adrenal glands are also called suprarenal glands. These are endocrine glands that lie like caps on top of the kidneys. In human beings the right adrenal gland is triangular shaped while the left ...

What are the adrenal glands? The adrenal glands sit atop the kidneys on both side of the body. They consist of an inner core named the medulla which is surrounded by a cortex made of 3 separate layers ...

Two San Francisco surgeons, Walter Bernard Coffey, 62, and John Davis Humber, 35, of the Southern Pacific (Railroad’s) General Hospital, able men both, deliberately told the newspapers that they were ...

Neuroscientists have identified the neural networks that connect the cerebral cortex to the adrenal medulla, which is responsible for the body's rapid response in stressful situations. These findings ...