Alcohol stimulates ACTH secretion in the rat: Mechanisms of action and interactions with other stimuli

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 240-254

  Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Alcohol; Corticotropin Releasing Factor; HPA Axis; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; IBUPROFEN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029921805     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01636.x     Document Type: Review

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