Mechanisms mediating the influence of alcohol on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to immune and nonimmune signals

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Ogilvie, Kathleen ^a   Lee, Soon ^b   Weiss, Burt ^c   Rivier, Catherine ^b  

^a LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; HPA Axis; Hypothalamus; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844542844     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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