Gender difference in alcohol-evoked hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in the rat: Ontogeny and role of neonatal steroids

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-261

  Ogilvie, Kathleen M ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Ethanol; Sexual Dimorphism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHANOL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029887814     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01637.x     Document Type: Article

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