Effects of prenatal ethanol exposure on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses to chronic cold stress in rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 301-310

  Kim, C Kwon ^a   Giberson, Pam K ^b   Yu, Wayne ^b   Zoeller, R Thomas ^b   Weinberg, Joanne ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH); Corticosterone; Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) Axis; Hypothalamic Pituitary Thyroid (HPT) Axis; Prenatal Ethanol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032985705     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04114.x     Document Type: Article

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