Gender differences in the effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to immune signals

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-155

  Lee, Soon ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Alcohol; Corticosterone; Cytokines; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029974280     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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