Effect of ethanol on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system response to psychosocial stress in sons of alcohol-dependent fathers

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1156-1165

  Zimmermann, Ulrich ^a,b   Spring, Konstanze ^a   Kunz Ebrecht, Sabine Ruth ^a,c   Uhr, Manfred ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Institute for Therapy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcoholism; Hypothalamo hypophyseal system; Pituitary adrenal system; Psychological stress; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642301421     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300395     Document Type: Article

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