Abstract
Glucocorticoids regulate a large number of functions as metabolic control, the cardiovascular, immune and nervous system, besides influencing and modulating behavior. The unbalance of the Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, with the consequent chronic exposure to elevated levels of glucocorticoids, as happens in Cushing's Disease (ACTH secretory pituitary tumor), leads to several s…