Endocrine effects of nicotine administration, tobacco and other drug withdrawal in humans

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-141

  Pickworth, Wallace B ^a   Fant, Reginald V ^a  

^a NIDA Addiction Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cocaine; Cortisol; Ethanol; Nicotine; Opiate; Prolactin; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NICOTINE; OPIATE; PROLACTIN; VASOPRESSIN;

CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; STRESS; TOBACCO; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032004331     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00075-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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