Prenatal alcohol exposure results in hyperactivity of the hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis of the offspring: Modulation by fostering at birth and postnatal handling

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 424-429

  Ogilvie, Kathleen M ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Ethanol; Neonatal Handling; Prenatal Ethanol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030962406     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03786.x     Document Type: Article

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