Effects of prenatal ethanol exposure on basal limbic-hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal regulation: Role of corticosterone

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1598-1610

  Glavas, Maria M ^a   Ellis, Linda ^a   Yu, Wayne K ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Arginine Vasopressin; Corticotropin Releasing Hormone; Glucocorticoid Receptor; In Situ Hybridization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; MELANOCORTIN; MINERALOCORTICOID; OPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MINERALOCORTICOIDS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; VASOPRESSINS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34548218212     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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