Fetal ethanol exposure: Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and β-endorphin responses to repeated stress

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 122-131

  Weinberg, Joanne ^a   Taylor, Anna N ^b   Gianoulakis, Christina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endorphin; Adrenocorticotropin; Corticosterone; Fetal Ethanol Exposure; Repeated Restraint Stress

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; WEANING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029912131     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01054.x     Document Type: Article

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