Hormone responses to social stress in abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects and social drinkers with no history of alcohol dependence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1133-1138

  Munro, Cynthia A ^a   Oswald, Lynn M ^a   Weerts, Elise M ^a   McCaul, Mary E ^a   Wand, Gary S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Alcoholism; Cortisol; Prolactin; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RACE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; DEPRESSION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 23044471044     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000172459.71517.05     Document Type: Article

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