When the ACTH binds to receptors on cells in an adrenal cortex, it triggers the release of a frenzy of different freak-out compounds known as glucocorticoid and mineralcorticoid hormones.

当促肾腺皮质激素与肾腺皮质细胞受体结合时，它会引发不同反常化合狂释放，这些化合被称糖皮质激素和矿质皮质激素。

ACTH, then, travels to the pair of adrenal glands, on top of each kidney, where it specifically targets cells in the adrenal cortex.

ACTH之后被运输到位于两个肾方肾腺，在此专门针对肾腺皮质细胞。

The adrenal cortex is the outer part of the adrenal gland and is subdivided into three layers- the zona glomerulosa, the zona fasciculata, and the zona reticularis.

肾腺皮质是肾腺外层部，皮质又层：球状带、束状带和网状带。

The ACTH travels — again through the bloodstream — to the adrenal cortices of the adrenal glands on top of your kidneys.

促肾腺皮质激素再次通过血液到达肾脏顶部肾腺肾腺皮质。

That's because there's similarity between ovarian cells and cells of the adrenal cortex.

这是因卵巢细胞与肾腺皮质细胞有相似点。

But you do not need your adrenal cortex spouting off all the time.

但是你不需要你肾腺皮质一直喷涌。

In both adrenal adenomas and carcinomas, the cells of the zona fasciculata within the adrenal cortex start dividing abnormally and secrete excess cortisol.

在肾腺腺瘤和肾腺癌中，肾腺皮质里束状带细胞开始异常裂并泌过多皮质醇。

Since that's the widest part of the adrenal cortex, it can have a measurable effect on the overall size of the adrenal gland.

因此处是肾腺最宽部，这会对肾腺在大小造成可观影响。

If autoimmune causes are suspected, testing for steroid cell antibodies, or StCAs, which react to adrenal cortex cells can be done.

如果怀疑是自身免疫原因，可以检测类固醇细胞抗体（StCAs），其对肾腺皮质细胞有反应。

Second, cortisol starts cross-reacting with mineralocorticoid receptors, which normally only binds a related steroid hormone - mineralocorticoids which are secreted from the zona glomerulosa layer of the adrenal cortex.

第二，皮质醇对盐皮质激素受体产生交叉反应；此类受体一般只与一种相关类固醇激素结合，即从肾腺皮质球状带层泌盐皮质激素。

So that's when we looked at the older part of the brain, the hippocampus and the adrenal cortex.

于是，我们转而研究大脑较古老部——海马体和肾腺皮质。