Alcohol-seeking behavior - The roles of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the endogenous opioid system

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-210

  Gianoulakis, Christina ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; AOD craving; AOD use behavior; Corticotropin RH; Cortisol; Dopamine; Endogenous opioids; Endorphins; Hypothalamus pituitary axis; Physiological stress; Pituitary adrenal axis; Self medication

Indexed keywords

OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ADDICTION; ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0000133592     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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