Site of action of acute alcohol administration in stimulating the rat hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: Comparison between the effect of systemic and intracerebroventricular injection of this drug on pituitary and hypothalamic responses

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4470-4479

  Lee, Soon ^a   Selvage, Daniel ^a   Hansen, Keith ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 4644242164     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-0110     Document Type: Article

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