Cortisol awakening response in abstinent alcohol-dependent patients as a marker of HPA-axis dysfunction

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 8-10, 2007, Pages 1133-1137

  Junghanns, Klaus ^a   Horbach, Regine ^a   Ehrenthal, Dieter ^a   Blank, Sebastian ^a   Backhaus, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol dependence; Cortisol awakening response; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DEPRESSION; DETOXIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; SLEEP; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 36049051714     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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