Blunted stress cortisol response in abstinent alcoholic and polysubstance-abusing men

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 651-658

  Lovallo, William R ^a,c   Dickensheets, Stacey L ^d   Myers, Dean A ^b   Thomas, Terrie L ^b   Nixon, Sara Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cortisol; Drug Abuse; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0034035009     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02036.x     Document Type: Article

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