Alcohol intoxication increases allopregnanolone levels in female adolescent humans

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1207-1209

  Torres, J ^a   Ortega, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcoholintoxication; Allopregnanolone; Female; Human; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ELTANOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; PREGNANOLONE;

EID: 0042343862     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300170     Document Type: Article

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