Effects of prenatal ethanol exposure on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function across the estrous cycle

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1075-1088

  Lan, Ni ^a,b   Yamashita, Fiona ^a   Halpert, Alison G ^a   Sliwowska, Joanna H ^a   Viau, Victor ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Pituitary adrenal; Pituitary gonadal; Prenatal ethanol; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROGENY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 66549126077     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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