Impaired adaptation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to chronic ethanol stress in aged rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 353-359

  Spencer, Robert L ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Aging; Chronic; Ethanol; Habituation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENAL GLANDS; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS;

EID: 0030972048     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127195     Document Type: Article

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