Alcohol administration acutely inhibits ghrelin secretion in an experiment involving psychosocial stress

Addiction Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Zimmermann, Ulrich S ^a,b   Buchmann, Arlette ^b   Steffin, Birgit ^a,c   Dieterle, Christoph ^c   Uhr, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol administration; Cortisol; Ghrelin; Glucose; Insulin; Stress test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PUBLIC SPEAKING; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; APPETITE; AROUSAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; MALE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947105623     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2006.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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