Chronic ethanol treatment reduces the responsiveness of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis to central stimulation

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 954-960

  Zoeller, R Thomas ^a,b   Fletcher, Donald L ^a   Simonyi, Agnes ^a   Rudeen, P Kevin ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; PVN; Rat; Thyroid; TRH

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029829282     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb05277.x     Document Type: Article

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