Assertion: glucocorticoid's role | /r/HasProperty | critical
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text: For example, glucocorticoids play a critical role in the reinforcing effects of psychostimulants because surgical removal of the adrenal glands (i.e., adrenalectomy), which prevents cortisol production, decreases drug self-administration.
text: Thus, glucocorticoids appear to play a critical mediating role in the dopamine reward circuit.
text: Glucocorticoids regulate carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism, modulate immune responses through supression of chemokine and cytokine production and have critical roles in constitutive activity of the CNS, digestive, hematopoietic, renal and reproductive systems.