Prolonged exposure to intermittent alcohol vapors decreases the ACTH as well as hypothalamic nitric oxide and cytokine responses to endotoxemia

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 848-854

  Seo, Dong O ^a   Lee, Soon ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Citrulline; Corticotropin releasing factor; Cytokines; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; VAPOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942693999     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000128230.82909.A5     Document Type: Review

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