Growth hormone response to placebo, apomorphine and growth hormone releasing hormone in abstinent alcoholics and control subjects

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-56

  Wiesbeck, G A ^a   Mueller, T ^a   Wodarz, N ^a   Davids, E ^a   Kraus, T ^a   Thome, J ^a   Weijers, H G ^a   Boening, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Apomorphine; Dopamine receptor sensitivity; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Human growth hormone; Pituitary function

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; APOMORPHINE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE;

EID: 0032169635     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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