Subjective effects and changes in steroid hormone concentrations in humans following acute consumption of alcohol

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 451-461

  Pierucci Lagha, Amira ^a   Covault, Jonathan ^a   Feinn, Richard ^a   Khisti, Rahul T ^b   Morrow, A Leslie ^b   Marx, Christine E ^c   Shampine, Lawrence J ^c   Kranzler, Henry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Allopregnanolone; DHEA; Neuroactive steroids; Pregnenolone; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANDROSTENOLS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; PREGNANES;

EID: 33744466555     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0231-0     Document Type: Article

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